Will she save enough to cover the debts? Will she be able to reunite her family? And will they ever find out what happened to her father? I must be honest and say that of the two Katherine Paterson books that I have read so far, Jacob I Have Loved and Bridge to Terebithia, both of which won Newbery Medals, I liked neither. The book covers the next three years of Lyddie’s life.

There she is befriended by the kindly Diana, herself befriends the Irish girl Brigid, and is overseen in the factory by Mr. After being fired for going back to visit the farm when her mistress was out of town, Lyddie decides to work in the mills of Lowell, MA, to make enough money to pay the debts and save the farm. Later, she decides to hire them out as servants, Charlie to a miller and Lyddie to an innkeeper. Worthen, who seems to be somewhat mentally unbalanced, runs off to her sister and brother-in-law with the two little girls, leaving Lyddie and Charlie to run the farm. Worthen has accumulated a lot of debt, goes west to make his fortune, and is not heard from again.

Thirteen-year-old Lydia (Lyddie) Worthen lives on a mountain farm in Vermont with her mother, ten-year-old brother Charlie, and younger sisters Rachel, six, and Agnes, four. Lyddie (published in 1991 by Lodestar Books, an affiliate of Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Books USA, 345 Hudson St., New York City, NY 10014). No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.įor more information e-mail Katherine. Reading level: For ages 10-12 and up but I would say ages 14 and upĭisclosure: Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)

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