Lyddie (Spanish Edition)

I bought this book for my 10-yr. old daughter because I wanted her to read some historical fiction where she could see how real people lived in America in the 1800's. I thought that she would like the book, but she loved it, and I found myself reading it, too, just to see what it was about. I fell in love with it, too. The characters are real full of problems and small joys. Lyddie leads a hard life that only someone from last century could have experienced, yet the author brings it to life so that kids today can understand and relate to what she went through. I really loved the small historical details, like the discrimination against Quakers in 1840 New England, like the damage to a worker's lungs from the lint in the air of a textile mill, and like the sleeping conditions within a girls' boarding house. We will be reading more of this author's works, and I recommend all to join us.