Lyddie
- ISBN-10
- 0140373896
- ISBN-13
- 9780140373899
- Series
- Lyddie
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Author
- Katherine Paterson
Description
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
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