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Item specifics
- Condition
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Inscribed
- ISBN
- 9780763678180
- Book Title
- Hired Girl
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
- Topic
- Social Themes / Class Differences, Historical / United States / 20th Century, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, General, Religious / Jewish, People & Places / United States / General
- Item Weight
- 22 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Candlewick Press
ISBN-10
076367818X
ISBN-13
9780763678180
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038735858
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hired Girl
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Social Themes / Class Differences, Historical / United States / 20th Century, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, General, Religious / Jewish, People & Places / United States / General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
2014-955411
Reviews
Written as a diary, the first-person narrative brings immediacy to Joan's story and intimacy to her confessions and revelations. The distinctive household setting and the many secondary characters are well developed, while Joan comes alive on the page as a vulnerable, good-hearted, and sometimes painfully self-aware character struggling to find her place in the world. A memorable novel from a captivating storyteller. -Booklist (starred review) The diary format allows Joan's romantic tendencies full rein, as well as narrative latitude for a few highly improbable scenarios and wildly silly passion. Tons of period details, especially about clothing, round out a highly satisfying and smart breast-clutcher from this Newbery-winning author. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Joan is reminiscent of heroines like Anne Shirley, Jo March, Cassandra Mortmain, and her own favorite character, Jane Eyre...Her overactive imagination, passions, and impulsive disregard for propriety often get Joan into trouble, but these same qualities will endear her to readers everywhere. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) Coming-of-age drama and deeper questions of faith, belonging, and womanhood are balanced with just the right blend of humor. A wonderful look into the life of strong girl who learns that she needs the love of others to truly grow up. -School Library Journal (starred review) The book is framed as Joan's diary, and her weaknesses, foibles, and naiveté come through as clearly-and as frequently-as her hopes, dreams, and aspirations...by the end readers feel as if they've witnessed the real, authentic growth of a memorable young woman. -The Horn Book (starred review) Fans of Little Women , rejoice. Janet's impassioned diary, inspired by Schlitz's own grandmother's journals, explores themes of faith and feminism, love and literature, culture and class in early 20th-century America, all the while charming readers with a vivid cast of characters. -Shelf Awareness (starred review) What a heroine, not just for the early 20th century, which Ms. Schlitz skillfully evokes through Janet's impressions, but also for our own time. An unsophisticated girl who thirsts for education, an impulsive idealist who, when she errs, passionately seeks to put things right: Janet Lovelace is an utterly endearing young woman on whom not a second of youth, it seems, will be wasted. Brava to Laura Amy Schlitz, whose enchanting writing has brought such a spectacular character to young people's literature. -The Wall Street Journal ...fans, who appreciate historical fiction as intelligent as it is entertaining, will be well pleased. -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books [Joan's] determined earnestness will lead readers to root for her... -Star Tribune, Written as a diary, the first-person narrative brings immediacy to Joan's story and intimacy to her confessions and revelations. The distinctive household setting and the many secondary characters are well developed, while Joan comes alive on the page as a vulnerable, good-hearted, and sometimes painfully self-aware character struggling to find her place in the world. A memorable novel from a captivating storyteller. -Booklist (starred review)
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Seventh Grade
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Grade To
Tenth Grade
Synopsis
Winner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force. Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of--a woman with a future. Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz relates Joan's journey from the muck of the chicken coop to the comforts of a society household in Baltimore (Electricity Carpet sweepers Sending out the laundry ), taking readers on an exploration of feminism and housework; religion and literature; love and loyalty; cats, hats, and bunions., Winner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force. Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of--a woman with a future. Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz relates Joan's journey from the muck of the chicken coop to the comforts of a society household in Baltimore (Electricity! Carpet sweepers! Sending out the laundry!), taking readers on an exploration of feminism and housework; religion and literature; love and loyalty; cats, hats, and bunions.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.S347145Hi 2015
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