Lyddie
by By Paterson, Katherine
Category: Young Adult Fiction , Historical , United States , 19th Century

Written by Newbery Medalist, National Book Award winner, and Laura Ingalls Wilder medal recipient Katherine PatersonWhen Lyddie and her younger btoher are hired out as servants to help pay off their family's farm debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working at the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of retuning home may never come true.