The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Name: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Rating: 4.800000190734863 (5 reviews)

Karen Cushman

Aug 1996 · Sold by HarperCollins

4.8

5 reviews

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208

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About this ebook

In 1849 a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to return "home."

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4.8

5 reviews

Jose Gonzalez

February 1, 2016

It was so good i have it in my school

About the author

Karen Cushman's acclaimed historical novels include Catherine, Called Birdy, a Newbery Honor winner, and The Midwife's Apprentice, which received the Newbery Medal. She lives on Vashon Island in Washington State. Visit her online at karencushman.com and on Twitter @cushmanbooks.

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