num_pages: 244
description: I was trapped here in this square brick house Trapped with Willy's threats, Matthew's roars, Kathleen's silences -- not because I couldn't run away again if I chose to, and not because I had no money, or because I was scared of being alone in the dark countryside I was trapped because of Lizzy; because I couldn't turn her into an orphan like me Six years ago Maggie was torn from her twin sister and sent to Canada as a Barnardo Home child Orphaned and completely alone, she found herself living with the Howards, a falling-apart family with a falling-apart farm Now, just 14 years old, Maggie is already responsible for all of the housework, a great deal of the farm work, and the care of the Howard's four-year-old daughter, Lizzy Maggie is meant to stay on the farm for seven more years, but then how would she ever find her sister again? With the words run away whispering through her head, Maggie struggles to find a way to save both herself and Lizzy Canadian Children's Book Centre, Our Choice selection Red Maple Award Nominee Geoffrey Bilson Award Honour Book
language: English
title: A Bushel of Light
titlecomplete: A Bushel of Light
ratings_count: 30
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside