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Item Details
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THE HIRED GIRL
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| By: |
Laura Amy Schlitz |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1406361402 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781406361407 |
| Publisher: |
WALKER BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2015 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force. |
| Synopsis: |
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force.A humorous coming-of-age story that will appeal to fans of Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, 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 remote 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. |
| Reader Age: |
From 12 years |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Walker Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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Book Level : 5.7
Interest Level : MY+
Points : 18
Quiz number : 229385
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