![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by her grandmother’s journal, Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sharp wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a comedic tour de force destined to become a modern classic. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself-because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of-a woman with a future. I vow that I will never forget her kindness to me, and I will use this book as she told me to-that I will write in it with truth and refinement…But who could be refined living at Steeple Farm?įourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. ![]() Today Miss Chandler gave me this beautiful book. ![]()
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