The Hired Girl

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Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends?

Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of--a woman with a future.

Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz relates Joan's journey from the muck of the chicken coop to the comforts of a society household in Baltimore (Electricity! Carpet sweepers! Sending out the laundry!), taking readers on an exploration of feminism and housework; religion and literature; love and loyalty; cats, hats, and bunions.

Copyright:
2015

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
ISBN-13:
9780763678180
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Laura Amy Schlitz
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
Grade Levels:
Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade
Submitted By:
Daproim Africa
Proofread By:
Daproim Africa
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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