cover image Lyddie

Lyddie

Katherine Paterson. Puffin Books, $6.99 (182pp) ISBN 978-0-14-037389-9

Fourteen-year-old Lyddie sets out on her own when her family is split apart by debt. PW found this story, set in 1844, ``impeccably researched and expertly crafted.'' Ages 10-14. (Jan.)