Lyddie

Name: Lyddie
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Katherine Paterson
ISBN: 9780525591382

Author: Katherine Paterson

Narrator: Melba Sibrel

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 12/05/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Historical Stories

Synopsis

From two-time Newbery award-winning author Katherine Paterson.

When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true.

"Rich in historical detail...a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth." —The Horn Book, starred review

"Lyddie is full of life, full of lives, full of reality." —The New York Times Book Review

An ALA Notable Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Booklist Editor's Choice
American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"
School Library Journal Best Book
Parents magazine Best Book

About The Author

Katherine Paterson has written numerous children's book including Lyddie, The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, and Jip, His Story. Her books have received much acclaim and been published world-wide. Among her many literary honors are two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She received the 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Medal as well as the 2006 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for the body of her work. She lives with her husband, John, in Barre, Vermont. They have four children and seven grandchildren.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luisa on November 07, 2022

This book contains a good amount of knowledge about factory life and how the mills worked in the early 1800s. From the depictions, I could clearly see the girls working the looms and moving the shuttles. As for the story, it was incredibly sad and disheartening; and not all of it had to be. The main......more

Goodreads review by Leeanna on April 11, 2010

Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson "Lyddie" is a book from my childhood, one that I read so many times the binding was falling apart. I still like to reread it from time to time, simply because I enjoy the story of a girl's fight to become independent. "Lyddie" also introduced me to the Lowell mills, a pe......more

Quotes

* "Rich in historical detail . . . a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth."