![]() ![]() 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 brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force.įourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature Winner of the 2016 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical FictionĪ 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner ![]()
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