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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

by Joan W. Blos · 1979

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I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days...do begin this book.

So begins the journal of a girl coming of age in nineteenth-century New Hampshire. Catherine records both the hardships of pioneer life and its many triumphs. Even as she struggles with her mother's death and father's eventual remarriage, Catherine's indomitable spirit makes this saga an oftentimes uplifting and joyous one.

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Quiet yet powerful, this Newbery Medal-winning book is sure to touch all who read it.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thisslaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of this
Setting
New HampshireNew HampshireMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 144 pages
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diarydiaryMore like thisLess of thisepistolaryepistolaryMore like thisLess of this

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