Mary Geddy's Day: A Colonial Girl in Williamsburg

by Kate Waters

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Genres

Nonfiction

Publication

Scholastic (1999), 40 pages

Description

Mary Geddy, a ten-year-old girl in Williamsburg in 1776, is excited about the colony of Virginia's vote for independence, but sad that her best friend, whose father is loyal to the crown, will be moving back to England, and worried that the vote will mean her father must fight in a war.

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LibraryThing member marybetha

This colorful book is a great narrrative of what life is like in the life of a colonial girl living in Williamsburg.The language is authentic as it uses the old English language that was used back during that time. Kate Waters does an excellent job.