Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

Like the Willow Tree

The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918

By
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry
2011

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After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.

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