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The Hired GirlWinner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature 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. Fourteen year old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real
Winner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical FictionA 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner
Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
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. Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just 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 hardscrabble 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/26/2017
ISBN: 9780763694500
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 176200 / Hired Girl
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 18
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Amazing workbook (to go with the -same title - book) for women about our relationship with God🤍
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Great study guide
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The Captivating Bible Study Guide is an excellent addition to go with the Captivating book by Stasi Eldredge & John Eldredge. Our Bible study group has definitely enjoyed diving into this study. We recommend it!
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Beautiful study guide and very easy to follow. Love diving deeper into my relationship with God
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honest writing, very easy reading and very interesting.
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So far I love this book, Could not put it down. Very enjoyable reading.
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