Title: Calico bush
First published: 1966
Description: In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Orphans, Frontier and pioneer life, Indentured servants, History, Immigration and emigration, Newbery Honor, Children's fiction, Girls, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children: Grades 2-3, Siedler, Französin, Dienstmädchen, Jugendbuch, Main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Histoire, Historical fiction, Friendship, fiction, Newbery honor book
Places: Maine, United States
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Geschichte 1743