Calico bush

By Rachel Field, Allen Lewis

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Französin, Histoire, Historical fiction, Girls, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Orphans, fiction, Children: Grades 2-3, Indentured servants, Immigration and emigration, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Children's fiction, Orphans, Newbery Honor, Jugendbuch, Dienstmädchen, Juvenile fiction, History, Main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme, Siedler

Description: In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.