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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1990-31-10

Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Joan W Blos, Author

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9780689714191

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This novel, written in diary form, tells of "a pivotal year for 19th-century New Englander Catherine Cabot Hill--one of change, loss, and leave taking . . . a low-key, intense and reflective book".--"School Library Journal", starred review. 1980 Newbery Award book.
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A tenderly constructed journal gives voice to the quiet strength of a girl shaped by sorrow, love, and conscience. Through spare, elegant prose, readers are invited to linger in a slower era and consider how virtue, even in ordinary days, gives life enduring meaning.

Keywords and Themes: Award Winner • Character • Classics • Conscience • Courage • Family • Farm Life & Ranch Life • General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Growth • Heritage • Historical • Integrity • Juvenile Fiction • Lifestyles • Maturity • Reflection • Responsibility • Storytelling • United States - General

Readability • 6.6

Age Range • 9-12

Pages • 144

Subjects • Diaries • New Hampshire

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Classics • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - General • Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life

A Gathering of Days is Joan W. Blos' novel that serves as a fictional version of a New England girl's journal.

The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

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