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Like the willow tree the diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.

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Main Author: Lowry, Lois
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Dear America
Subjects:
Shakers > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
Maine > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.
Item Description:"Portland, Maine, 1918"--Cover.
Physical Description:216 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9780545144698
0545144698
9780545265560 (lib. bdg.)
0545265568 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:Lois Lowry is the author of many acclaimed books for children. She is a two-time Newbery Award winner -- for NUMBER THE STARS, a book that is required reading in many classrooms, and THE GIVER, which remains one of the most talked-about and debated books in children's publishing history. THE GIVER is soon to be a major motion picture with Walden Media. She is also the author of GOSSAMER, CROW CALL, and THE WILLOUGHBYS, among many, many others. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.

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