PhyllistheAuthor

I have just finished a book called Lyddie by Katherine Patterson. Thirteen-year-old Lyddie became a mill girl in Lowell, MA during the great days of cloth manufacturing in that city. The book for young adults offers an insight into the attractions and drawbacks of factory work in the early days of the eighteenth century. I liked the book. However, I felt the ending suggested more modern sensibilties than those of Lyddie's time. Inspite of that, it is still worth reading.