Katherine Paterson

Lyddie (Turtleback School & Library) Katherine Paterson

Brief Description: Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s. Brief Description: For use in schools and libraries only. Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s. Publisher Marketing: A remarkable portrait of an untutored but intelligent young woman making her way against fierce odds.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review. A superb novel.--School Library Journal. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Booklist Editor's Choice. ALA Notable Book. ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Publisher Marketing: Her parents are gone, and her brother and sisters sent to live with other people. Lyddie Worthen is on her own. When Lyddie hears about the mill jobs in Lowell, Massachusetts, she heads there with the goal of earning enough money to reunite her family. Six days a week from dawn to dusk Lyddie and the other girls run weaving looms in the murky dust - and lint-filled factory. Lyddie learns to read - and to handle the menacing overseer. But when the working conditions begin to affect her friends' health, she has to make a choice. Will she speak up for better working conditions and risk her job - and her dream? Or will she stay quiet until it is perhaps too late? Review Citations:

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1106 (EAN 9780142402542, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1028 (EAN 9780142402542, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 508 (EAN 9780140373899, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 12/12/1994 (EAN 9780140373899, Paperback)

School Library Journal 09/01/1997 (EAN 9780140373899, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 577 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Booklist 06/01/2000 pg. 1874 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2000 pg. 518 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 978 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 630 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 690 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 740 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 803 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 968 (EAN 9780140349818, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1992 pg. 60 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/1995 pg. 502 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 577 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/1992 pg. 1365 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1992 pg. 873 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2000 pg. 518 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 978 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 508 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 630 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1991 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 01/04/1991 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 690 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 740 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 803 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 968 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1106 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1028 (EAN 9780525673385, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Paterson, Katherine Katherine Paterson s international fame rests not only on her widely acclaimed novels but also on her efforts to promote literacy in the U. S. and abroad. A two-time winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award (The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer), she was the 1998 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal and was given the Governor s Award for Excellence in the Arts by her home state of Vermont. She lives in Barre. Her most recent novel for Clarion was Bread and Roses, Too. She is also the recipient of the 2006 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which celebrates her life s work. In 2010, Katherine succeeded Jon Scieszka as the national ambassador for young people's literature today, a joint appointment by the Library of Congress's Center for the Book and Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit group affiliated with the Children's Book Council.