Description
In 1849 a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to return "home."
Author: Karen Cushman
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 07/30/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781328631138
ISBN10: 1328631133
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States | 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
About the Author
Karen Cushman has a long-standing interest in history. She says, "I wanted to know what ordinary life was like for ordinary young people in other times." Like Lucy, Karen was uprooted from the midwest as a child and transplanted to California. She now lives on Vashon Island, WA. karencushman.com@cushmanbooks