By:
Katherine Paterson
Grade Level:
In her novel Lyddie, Katherine Paterson (1991) tells the story of thirteen year-old Lyddie Worthen’s unconscious search for her own identity as she struggles to keep her disjointed family together and make money to repay a debt owed on her beloved Vermont farm. Paterson creates a realistic journey for her readers as she takes them through the life of one uneducated young woman in the 1840’s.