Lyddie

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Summary: Lyddie, an interesting book
Review: I enjoyed reading Lyddie because it has exciting parts, funny happenings and shows the courage of one young girl. The book shows how life was in New England in the 1800's. I think the story moved along at a good pace, so it wasn't boring. It was very well written because it was easy to follow. I thought the characters were interesting and believable. I recommend reading this book, you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Poor Lyddie
Review: This is a good book. But I only gave it four stars because it was a little bored at the beginning. Anyway, it was good when I read on. I felt that Lyddie was a pretty poor girl. She did so much for her family, but she'd got nothing at last. She worked so hard to try to help her family! Uncle Judah and Mr. Marsden were the people who made Lyddie such a life. That Uncle Judah didn't take care of Lyddie's mother and the babies, even his own wife. He'd also sold the farm which belonged to Lyddie's family. I thought that he didn't use that money for Lyddie's mother and the babies, neither on his own wife. He's a really bad person. Mr. Marsden was another bad person in the story. He used the reason of moral turpitude to make Lyddie to be dismissed. But the one who really has moral turpitude was himself. Charcles is Lyddie's brother, and he's the one Lyddie cared the most. He's a good person, and went to the college. But one thing he did wrong was that he agreed to sell the farm. He didn't know Lyddie's pain. I like this book. It made me jumped into the story. I hated the bad people; and sympathized with Lyddie, also Triphena and Brigid. Well, you should read this book.

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Summary: Lyddie review
Review: I liked this book over all it was a pretty good book. I gave it al four and not a five because at the beginning it was not that interesting. I liked the part in the book when Lyddie was at the factory and they brought Rachel to Lyddie. Lyddie had to take care of Rachel and at first Rachell would not talk. After a while Rachel started to talk and when Lyddie got sick Rachel was there by her sid the whole time. Also when Lyddie went back to Mr. Mardsen and told him what she thought and also wrote him a letter. I liked that part because he deserved it and she showed him.

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Summary: Lyddie---A Piece of History in a Touching Story
Review: Hi. I'm in the sixth grade. Our teacher gave us a list of books we could use for our book reports, and I chose Lyddie because it looked good. I was not mistaken even though I judged just from the cover. It was a terrific book. It takes place in the Industrail Revolution. It's about a bright, hardworking farm girl who is forced to leave her farm because her mother made it so she had to work. But she is fired from her job, because she went to see her farm. She heard that they get high pay in factories, so she goes south to one and is hired. She becomes the best worker there, working hard with dreams to get her family back together with the money she earns. Eventually she learns to read, annd books become very special to her. She copies Oliver Twist out page by page and pastes it on her work area and reads little snatches of it in her little spare time untile she practically knows it by heart. In this way she learns how to read well. But then her mother dies and her father gives permission to sell their farm. Lyddie can no longer hope to rebuy the farm. The man who tells her that brings her little sister Rachel. Rachel isn't allowed on the premises, but a kind lady makes an exception and Lyddie takes care of Rachel until her brother can take her back. When a neighbor of hers, Mr. Luke STevens, asks to marry her so she'll have someone to get support from, she refuses. Then mr. Marson, the dirty overseer there, tries to rape a girl and she puts a pan over his head. He finds an excuse to fire her, saying she's influencing the other girls in a bad way. She leaves and decides to go to college. While I skipped a lot of important stuff in this review, I hope it makes you want to read the book for yourself. It's great.

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Summary: Lyddie
Review: I loved this book. It's about a 13 year old girl who is the true knot of the family, keeping everything tied together. But when a bear comes into their harsh cabin in the Vermont hills, Lyddie's mother thinks its a sign of the devil and takes the little children to her sister's farm. Lyddie and her brother try to keep the farm together, but then they are hired out by their unstable mother to pay the debts against their father before he left. When Lyddie is fired from her job her mother sent her too, she goes to Lowell to find work. She then sees her account start to grow and thinks she can keep the family together. If you'll read this book, you'll find the ending.

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Summary: The Retelling of the 1840s
Review: This book is about a girl in the 1840s who moves to Lowell to get money to pay off her father's debt. The story begins when 13 year old Lyddie is left with her 10 year old brother to keep the farm going. Her mother and two sisters were going to live with her crazy aunt and uncle... The things I liked about the book "Lyddie" were how Lyddie is richly described in the book. I also like the way the author tells you what year it is, includes all letters from Lyddie's brother and mother, and the book has a happy ending. I would defintly recommend this book to all history lovers.

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Summary: Lyddie
Review: I am a fifth grader in Massachusets and I read the book Lyddieby Katherine Paterson. I thought that it was a good book. This bookis about a girl naned Lyddie whose dad goes West to look for wealth. Her mom sends her and her brother off to be indentured. A little while later, Lyddie is dismissed because she went on a vacation. Then, she goes off to work at a mill in Lowell. Lyddie tries to make enough money to bring family back together but while she works at the mill a series of events change her life forever. I would recommend this book for anyone ten or older who is studing the Industrial Revloution.

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Summary: Lyddie the dreamer
Review: Liddie is a hafta read book about a teenage girl who has adream,and that dream is to save the farm so that her and her famalycan stay together.And in order to do this Lyddie must pay the depts to the farm by working in a mill,a dangerous job that requires much skill and awarness of what you are doing.In the book "Lyddie" Lyddie must struggle between right and wrong and win the battle going on inside of her.Lyddie must struggle with her emotions and stare down the looms like she did at her farm when she encountered a bear. END

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Summary: Lyddie the dreamer
Review: Liddie is a hafta read book about a teenage girl who has a dream,and that dream is to save the farm so that her and her famaly can stay together.And in order to do this Lyddie must pay the depts to the farm by working in a mill,a dangerous job that requires much skill and awarness of what you are doing.In the book "Lyddie" Lyddie must struggle between right and wrong and win the battle going on inside of her.Lyddie must struggle with her emotions and stare down the looms like she did at her farm when she encountered a bear.

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Summary: I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Review: This book was a great book it told of all the hard and sometimes painful struggles of a young girl. I was so caught up reading this book and "being" Lyddie I sometimes missed dinner or other activities! So don't give this book to any one who has something important to do they might forget about it! I'm 13 and I really recomend this book!