Katherine Paterson
Author
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro?s national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read.
6) Lyddie
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1995, c1991
Language
English
Description
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.