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A gathering of days a New England girl's journal, 1830-32 : a novel

The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Blos, Joan W.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, c1979.
Subjects:	New Hampshire > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
Physical Description:	144 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0684163403 :
Author Notes:	Joan W. Blos was born in New York City on December 9, 1928. She received a bachelor's degree from Vassar College and a master's degree in psychology from the City University of New York. She wrote many children's books including In the City, People Read, Joe Finds a Way, and Just Think written with author Betty Miles. A Gathering of Days received the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. She also taught at the University of Michigan and Bank Street College of Education. She died on October 12, 2017 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)