1 Bear -- 2 Kindly Friends -- 3 Cutler's Tavern -- 4 Frog in a Butter Churn -- 5 Going Home -- 6 Ezekial -- 7 South to Freedom -- 8 Number Five, Concord Corporation -- 9 Weaving Room -- 10 Oliver -- 11 Admirable Choice -- 12 I Will Not Be a Slave -- 13 Speed Up -- 14 Ills and Petitions -- 15 Rachel -- 16 Fever -- 17 Doffer -- 18 Charlie at Last -- 19 Diana -- 20 B Is for Brigid -- 21 Turpitude -- 22 Farewell -- 23 Vermont, November 1846
Summary
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s
Analysis
English fiction
United States
Notes
First published: Lodestar Books, 1991
Audience
Young Adult
Notes
ALA Notable Book; ALA Best Book for Young Adults; American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"; Booklist Editor's Choice; School Library Journal Best Book of 1991; Parents magazine Best Book--Cover