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Maria's Story
1773
By Nixon, Joan Lowery
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38532-685-8
- Publisher
- New York : Delacorte Press, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2001
Gr 3-6 A story based on the life of Maria Rind, who lived in Williamsburg during the 1770s. On the eve of the War for Independence, the child is mourning the death of her father, official printer to the House of Burgesses. Of necessity, her mother takes over the printing business, and the nine-year-old must take over the household tasks and the care of her three younger brothers. She is frustrated and jealous when her older and somewhat lazy brother becomes an apprentice to their mother, but her poor reading and writing skills, as ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
