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Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal 1830-1832

"A Gathering of Days" by Joan Blos

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"GATHERING OF DAYS: A NEW ENGLAND GIRL'S JOURNAL 1830-1832"

Author: Joan W Blos

Interest Level: Middle Grades (4-8)
ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
AR Points: 5.0
Publisher Recommended Age: 9-12
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Aladdin
Book Type: Trade Paperback
Pages: 144 pages

Book Description:

The journal of a fourteen-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

Book Reviews:

School Library Journal: "Her characters are truly of their times, not 1970s sensibilities masquerading in 1830s homespun, and old-fashioned in the best sense of the word - principled."

Book Awards:

USA: Newbery 1980
USA: National Book Award Winner 1980
USA: ALA Notable Children's Books
USA: American Book Award
USA: School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

About the Author:

Joan W. Blos (1928 � ) is a children's author. In 1980, she won the Newbery Medal for A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.