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fourteen-year-old Joan leaves behind the farm and her family in search of a better life. Hired as a cleaning girl in the household of a wealthy family, Joan’s adventures are told with charm, humor, honesty, and a guarded sense of optimism. Her story, written in the form of diary entries, is
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Publication
Candlewick (2015), Edition: First Edition, 400 pages
Description
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. 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.
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Fiction — 2015)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Honor — Fiction — 2016)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — Young Adult Literature — 2015)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 2016)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2017)
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2015)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2017)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2018)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2018)
Scott O'Dell Award (2016)
Mind the Gap Awards (2016)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2016)
Notable Children's Book (Older Readers — 2016)
Nerdy Book Award (Young Adult Literature — 2015)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Teen — 2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2015)
Great Texas Mosquito List (2017)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Teens (Fiction — 2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Selection — 2015)
Just One More Page Recommendation List (Young Adult — 2017)
OYAN Book Rave (2016)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2015-09-01
Pages
400
Physical description
400 p.; 8.75 inches
ISBN
076367818X / 9780763678180
DDC/MDS
| 813.6 |