num_pages: 176
description: When Maria's father dies, her mother carries on his work writing and publishing the Virginia Gazette newspaper. Instead of working at the press, nine-year-old Maria has to look after her three little brothers. Then the newspaper is criticized for its political reporting and the Rinds may lose the printing press. Can Maria find a way to help her family?
language: English
title: Maria's Story, 1773
titlecomplete: Maria's Story, 1773
genres: Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 41
series: Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans
publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation