Lyddie

school & library binding

English language

Published Oct. 23, 1999 by Tandem Library.

ISBN:
978-0-8335-9292-7
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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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This book is gentle and real, tracing the story of an orphan in 1800’s Vermont during the Industrial Revolution. It deals with tougher topics and is well written. It took me and my students a very long time to read as nothing really happens in the book, or at least at a very slow pace. Unsure whether I will keep it in the curriculum for next year.

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Subjects

  • Work
  • Historical - United States - 19th Century
  • Textile workers
  • Factories
  • Fiction
  • Children's 12-Up - Fiction - History
  • Self-reliance
  • Children: Grades 3-4