Lyddie is a 1991 novel by Katherine Paterson. Set in the 1800s, this is a story of determination and personal growth. When thirteen-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family.
The novel begins as Lyddie and her family are in her house, and a black bear enters through the open door. Lyddie's mother sees this as the end of the world...
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Lyddie is a 1991 novel by Katherine Paterson. Set in the 1800s, this is a story of determination and personal growth. When thirteen-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family.
The novel begins as Lyddie and her family are in her house, and a black bear enters through the open door. Lyddie's mother sees this as the end of the world and goes to live with her sister Clarissa and her husband Judah, taking Lyddie's younger sisters with her. Lyddie's father left for the gold rush, and no one knows if he will return.
Lyddie's mother leaves Lyddie and her brother Charles (aka Charlie) to work on the farm. Lyddie is sent to work at a tavern, and Charlie is sent to work in the miller's. At the inn Lyddie is treated almost as a slave. She goes home once during the winter, where she meets a runaway slave. Before she leaves, she lends him the money she and Charlie received for a...
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