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Lyddie | Katherine Paterson

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I had great plans for #MiddleGradeMarch and I‘ve only read two. 🤷🏻‍♀️ This was one of them! I LOVED Paterson‘s books when I was a kid—The Great Gilly Hopkins, Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved—so I picked this up a while ago out of nostalgia for a favorite author. Of course it sat on the shelf for years. 😆 This is so different from the ones I loved as a kid, but it has the same depth of characterization that I responded to back then.⬇️

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BarbaraJean 13-year-old Lyddie leaves rural Vermont to work in the city—hoping to help pay off her family‘s debts quickly then reunite the family on her beloved farm. The novel demonstrates Lyddie‘s growth & determination in the midst of the terrible working conditions she encounters. As historical fiction, this does a fantastic job: painting a vivid picture of what life was like for women & girls working in the textile mills in Lowell, Mass. in the 1840s. ⬇️ 3w

BarbaraJean Not a major issue, but my one quibble was that the writing felt aimed at middle grade readers, but also referenced some topics that seemed a bit above that age level, specifically: sexual harassment/attempted assault and a character who gets pregnant out of wedlock. I don't necessarily feel any of the content was inappropriate, but it felt like an audience/tone mismatch. 3w

BarbaraJean This one checks off 1991 for #192025. 🎉 @librarybelle 3w

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sblbooks This sounds so good. I stacked it. 3w

Librarybelle I read this so long ago, probably around the time it was published! 3w

BarbaraJean @sblbooks I really liked it. Paterson is solid!! @Librarybelle I think I was only a couple years past the age of ordering this from a Scholastic book club when it was published! The edition I have is from the Trumpet Book Club and is signed by the author, dated 10/1/92. Her note opens with: “Dear Trumpet Club Reader“ 😍 3w

Librarybelle So cool!! I have my copy somewhere…I‘m sure I picked it up at a Scholastic book fair. 3w

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rubyslippersreads

North and South | Elizabeth Gaskell

I don‘t know anything about this book except that it involves three favorite Litten authors, Jane Austen, Mrs. Gaskell, and Charlotte Brontë. And it‘s free for #Kindle today. #ebook #kindlefreebie

lil1inblue I'm intrigued! Thanks for sharing! 2mo

ElizaMarie Thanks for posting this. It sounds right up my alley. I just “bought“ it. 2mo

Deblovestoread This sounds fun! Thanks for sharing 💜 2mo

kspenmoll Thanks, checking this out now. 2mo

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TracyReadsBooks

North and South | Elizabeth Gaskell

#Two4Tuesday

1. We last moved in 2003. Just completed a renovation of our home so we can lively here comfortably for another 20+ years. 🤞

2. Tagged book for a classic where a character moves. Billy Summers by Stephen King for a more recent one.

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TheSpineView Great book choice! Thanks for playing! 2mo

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mjtwo

North and South: Easyread Edition | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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14-23 Dec 23 (audiobook)
I enjoyed this far more than expected, having never really heard of Gaskell and expecting a poor man‘s version of Austen. The depiction of class in 19th century England and the emergent union movement were very interesting and distinguished this text from most of the 19th century romance I have read. It is far from perfect but I am pleased I took the time to listen. Juliet Stevenson is a wonderful narrator.

dabbe I loved reading her CRANFORD this year. I'll have to read this one, too! 💙❄️💙 4mo

mjtwo Will definitely give that a read, @dabbe 4mo

dabbe @mjtwo 🤩😍🤗 4mo

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CrowCAH

North and South | Elizabeth Gaskell

Watched the BBC adaptation of North and South with the book club girls @VioletCavalier @hkapusta @WonderingGypsy . It‘s a fairly good adaptation of the novel; after all it is a four hour miniseries!

DGRachel I love it so much. 💖 4mo

CrowCAH @DGRachel both are super enjoyable! 4mo

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GinaKButler

North and South | Elizabeth Gaskell

Up next!

#bookspinbingo
#23in23
#minichunkster

rubyslippersreads Great cover! 5mo

batsy I loved it! 5mo

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KristiAhlers

North and South | Elizabeth Gaskell

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This was my first time reading this author and it won't be my last. I loved how she touched on the classes and brought to life Victorian industrial Era. Will be in the top 10 of favorite reads this year.

dabbe The #pemberlittens read CRANFORD back in May and loved it, too! They also read NORTH AND SOUTH a while back and loved that as well. 😍 8mo

LeeRHarry I recommend checking out the miniseries - it‘s fab 😊 8mo

curiouserandcurioser @KristiAhlers what @LeeRHarry said!! Love the miniseries:) 8mo

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batsy Great book and agree that the miniseries is also pretty brilliant! 8mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig Miniseries 😍 8mo

KristiAhlers I'm definitely going to go and find this miniseries!
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andrew61

North and South | Elizabeth Gaskell

Bit of retail therapy in the heat of an afternoon in Lincoln moving our youngest out of uni for the last time. It is such a beautiful city and even though a little hard to get to well worth a visit . I will miss popping over especially when you get to rummage in a 2nd hand book shop in the site of a mediaeval synagogue. This was halfway up the aptly called Steep Hill which is quite a climb to the cathedral in the afternoon sun.

TrishB Looks fab 😁 10mo

Tamra How wonderful! 10mo

LeahBergen A green Virago! ❤️ 10mo

Centique Wow what a beautiful bookshop 😍 10mo

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Ellen_C

North and South: Easyread Edition | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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1850s novel set in industrialized northern England, a combo of romance and exposure of social injustices. https://cannonballread.com/2023/02/north-and-south-elcicco/

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GinaKButler

North and South: Easyread Edition | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell