In Lyddie by Katherine Paterson, why does her mother sell/make her and Charlie work in work houses/factories?
a. Because she (mother) is mean
b. Because they have to make money and pay for their father's debts
c. Because Lyddie and Charlie got in a fight
d. Because they got in BIG trouble and could not take care of them
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a. Because she (mother) is mean
b. Because they have to make money and pay for their father's debts
c. Because Lyddie and Charlie got in a fight
d. Because they got in BIG trouble and could not take care of them
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Katherine Paterson
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October 31, 1932
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Qing Jiang, China
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.96 — 22,264 ratings — published 1977 53 editions |
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Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.64 — 5,117 ratings — published 1980 32 editions |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.81 — 1,178 ratings — published 1978 24 editions |
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Lyddie by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.54 — 648 ratings — published 1991 18 editions |
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Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.79 — 333 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.71 — 203 ratings — published 2002 7 editions |
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The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.53 — 188 ratings — published 1975 8 editions |
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Of Nightingales That Weep by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.66 — 133 ratings — published 1974 4 editions |
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Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.45 — 110 ratings — published 1996 11 editions |
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The Sign of the Chrysanthemum (Harper Trophy Book) by Katherine Paterson avg rating 3.40 — 101 ratings — published 1988 8 editions |
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"Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life."
— Katherine Paterson
— Katherine Paterson
"It is not enough to simply teach children to read;
we have to give them something worth reading.
Something that will stretch their imaginations-
something that will help them make sense of their own lives
and encourage them to reach out toward people
whose lives are quite different from their own."
— Katherine Paterson
we have to give them something worth reading.
Something that will stretch their imaginations-
something that will help them make sense of their own lives
and encourage them to reach out toward people
whose lives are quite different from their own."
— Katherine Paterson
"All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us."
— Katherine Paterson
— Katherine Paterson
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