9781439569252

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Karen Cushman

ISBN 10: 1439569258 / 1-4395-6925-8
ISBN 13: 9781439569252

Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis:

Spunky California Morning, having renamed herself Lucy, begrudgingly records her family's adjustment to frontier life in an 1849 mining camp, during which she longs for books and vows to be miserable. Reprint.


Review:

"Lucy is an irresistible teenager; her lively narration and stubborn, slightly naive self-confidence...recall the narrator of 'Catherine, Called Birdy', without seeming as anachronistic....With a story that is less a period piece than a timeless and richly comic coming-of-age story, Cushman remains on a roll."

None Given, Kirkus, 06/15/1996

Review:

"Meticulously researched right down to the slang of the era, including some 50 slang terms for liquor, Lucy's story is packed with more history than many textbooks....As in her earlier books, Ms. Chusman re-creates a time and place in gritty details."

Linda Perkins, New York Times Book Review, 02/16/1997