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Lyddie
Lyddie | Katherine Paterson
6 posts | 17 read | 5 to read
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
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Roary47
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Mehso-so

Recommended to me by a student. A story about a young girl determined to provide for her family. She learns a lot as she works with the machines in the factory. She is also not spared heartache throughout.

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ImperfectCJ
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I enjoyed listening to this novel about a young woman forced to move out into the world and make her way in 1840s New England. The characters are somewhat overly simplistic but not ridiculously so, and the story itself is engaging. The novel also ended at the right time in that it stopped before I grew bored and at a point where I really wanted to know what happened next.

(This is a title from the Build Your Library Level 5 curriculum booklist.)

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ravenlee
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A qualified pick, this isn‘t age-appropriate for my kiddo this time through our history studies, so I‘ll put it aside for next time. Specifically I‘m not ready for a conversation with a 7-year-old about workplace sexual assault and unwed pregnancy “ruining” a girl.

Trying to salvage her family farm, Lyddie must leave her home and enter service. After a stint as a maid she goes into factory work to earn a better wage. (Cont)

ravenlee Blurb makes it sound like Lyddie becomes a union organizer, which is misleading. Most of the story focuses on Lyddie working her butt off for two years trying to pay off a debt on her farm. Not much resolution and uncertain passage of time bothered me, but there‘s a lot to discuss in this novel, so I‘d recommend it as a book to read in conjunction with other studies, probably not alone. 3y
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B00kNerd746
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Good book

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Mlegg
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Lyddie is a great historical fiction book for young readers to experience. It dives deep into the lives of Lyddie and her little brother as they work to try and support their family and bring them all back together, but soon their friend gets sick and Lyddie has to help her. Here is a lesson plan to go along with the reading: http://www.econedlink.org/teacher-lesson/702/Work-Earnings-Economics-Using-Lyddi...
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DrSpalding Economics and quality children's literature; I love it! The ECONED link is excellent. This would be an excellent choice as a literature circle during an economics unit, 7y
AnastasiaH I loved this book when I was younger! What a great connection you can make to history and children working in factories. 7y
Langlied I have never heard of this book but based on your review for it I would definitely consider reading this and using it as a lit circle book in my future classroom. 7y
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SGB
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I really enjoyed this historical fiction account of a Vermont girl who must leave Vermont to earn a living in a Massachusetts mill. Details were real as they were horrifying. I highly recommend it.