Weaver's DaughterIn 1791 after her family's journey from Pennsylvania, ten-year-old Lizzie suffers from the disease of asthma in her new home in the Southwest Territory (present-day Tennessee). |
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WEAVER'S DAUGHTER
User Review - KirkusThis charming and involving historical novel brings readers to the Southwest Territory (now Tennessee) in 1792. The Bakers live with an inescapable fear: their ten-year old daughter, Lizzy, suffers ... Read full review
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User Review - FranCaroll - LibraryThingTen year old Lizzie Baker loves her family life pioneering their farm in the Southwest Territory. She faces a horrible fact: Lizzie has a sickness that we now call "asthma", and the doctor does not ... Read full review
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| Title | Weaver's Daughter THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT JUVENILE SERIES Thorndike Juvenile |
| Author | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley |
| Edition | large print |
| Publisher | Thorndike Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0786237635, 9780786237630 |
| Length | 173 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Juvenile Fiction / Health & Daily Living / General Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 19th Century |
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