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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
144 pages · First published 1979
Thirteen-year-old Catherine Hall begins a journal in 1830 in rural New Hampshire, recording family work, school, friendship, community events, and the gradual changes of adolescence. The death of her mother gives ordinary chores and relationships a new emotional weight as Catherine takes on greater responsibility. Historical details emerge naturally through the rhythms of farm and village life rather than through a single famous event. Joan W. Blos’s Newbery Medal-winning novel uses the fictional journal form to create an intimate portrait of a New England girl growing toward adulthood in the early republic.
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