The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

by Karen Cushman

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Local notes

PB Cus

Barcode

788

Publication

HarperColl (1996), Edition: Reprint, 218 pages

Description

In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1996

Physical description

218 p.; 5.25 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member mrsarey
A great story about a girl who moves to California with her family during the infamous Gold Rush.
LibraryThing member Cottonwood.School
In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.
LibraryThing member Book_Shelter
What a fun book.....If you like reading about the 1850's Gold Rush in California you will like this book. The hardship and sadness of life for women and children in this period of history are large factors in the story. I loved that the book brought you around to the love of books and reading. It
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is evident that much research went into the book , a fact I appreciate in "just a youth" book.
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LibraryThing member bluemopitz
I love Karen Cushman's books and this is no exception. The character is relateable and the story is fun to read.

This could be used in curriculum about the California Gold Rush and settling the American West.
LibraryThing member jencaffey
I loved this book. It is the story of a girl who loves books and starts a library when she grows up in her little gold-mining town. I am never disappointed with Karen Cushman. She truly delivers!
LibraryThing member ababe92
This book is a great book for an ELL young girl to read, because it is very interesting and is easy to read. Even though it is easy to read it is a chapter book, so this will keep the student busy for a little while. I would put this under my independent reading for girls. I don't think guys would
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be very interested in this book.
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LibraryThing member Melina_Hiatt_Easter
This book will interest the girls that liked Revolver. After leaving her comfortable east coast home, Lucy struggles to find her place in this unforgiving environment of the rough mining community in California. Set during the time of the Gold Rush, students will gain some history as they read this
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coming-of-age novel.
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LibraryThing member book58lover
California Whipple moved to the gold fields with her widowed mother and siblings. Her goal was to return to Massachusetts and her grandparents.
Told from the perspective of a twelve year old living in a mining camp this book is look at her life without all the conveniences she was used to back
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east. Living as one of the few families in the camp, surrounded by miners, Lucy is very unhappy and desires to leave.
This would start discussions among students studying the gold rush era, particularly because Lucy is their age. How does she survive? What choices does she make? Could they be like her?
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LibraryThing member jennybeast
Well, hats off to Karen Cushman for an intensely realistic gold rush era book -- full of dirt, hardship, boredom, more dirt, and a feisty heroine who just wants a more civilized existence. I'm not sure about the ending, but on the whole I liked the book very much. Lucy's periodic letters to her
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grandparents add quite a lot of humor.
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Pages

218

Rating

½ (101 ratings; 3.7)
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