Lyddie

There's more than one kind of slave. Such a one is Lyddie Worthen, at first slave to the needs of her poverty-stricken Vermont family, then as skivvy at an inn and finally exploited as a factory girl in a cotton mill near Lowell in the 1840s. And truthfully she is cast in these roles because she is female. Yet Lyddie has the grit and determination to survive and conquer; she out-stared a bear! This book has won a clutch of awards already, testimony to the fine writing, compelling story and important theme. I couldn't put it down.