Worth, A. LaFaye
Worth, A. LaFaye
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Worth

Author: A. LaFaye

Narrator: Tommy Fleming

Unabridged: 2 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 01/01/2006


Synopsis

Life for a family on a Nebraska homestead is difficult, with illness and weather causing worries about crops and finances, and conflicts between ranchers and farmers. For 11-year-old Nate’s family, the days grow even darker when he gets his leg crushed in a farm accident. To help out, Nate’s father brings home John Worth, just off the Orphan Train and dealing with the loss of his own family in a New York City tenement fire. With Nate’s honest telling of the story comes a fascinating narrative of family life during the late nineteenth century: the overwhelming responsibility children endured; the grueling, daily chores; the family’s struggle to hold onto their land and deal with their losses; the importance of community and the mores of the time. The richly drawn characters and their courageous, candid story present an important slice of history and a compelling exploration of friendship.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane on August 23, 2016

This book is about a boy named Nathaniel, who is trying to survive and find happiness after his leg is brutally injured in the storm. His family runs a farm and all the crops were destroyed due to the storm. The family also lack in business and have to take a lot of loans to pay for the crops. Thing......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on June 11, 2017

Third in the Nissa great literature series for juvenile readers and revolving around Nathaniel Peale and his whole family. Based in 19th century Nebraska. In 2008, Worth was nominated for the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award. In 2006, it won the Simon Honor Book. In 2005, it won the Scott O’......more

Goodreads review by Challice on August 01, 2018

It was ok. Like reading a Bonanza type of book.......more

Goodreads review by Jade on February 06, 2017

Afraid of being replaced by another boy, Nathaniel James tries to heal sooner to work with his Pa again. This book is a fiction. This book is okay but it could do better. When Nate gets struck by the lightning, his Pa brings a boy, not a son, but someone who can work with him while Nate heals. The se......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on March 03, 2010

Grades 4-7 Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee Audio Book read by Tommy Fleming Eleven-year-old Nate and his family experience setback after setback, and end up farming in Nebraska and desperately trying to make ends meet. Life becomes even more difficult when Nate's leg is struck by lightning. To help out o......more