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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
The Hired Girl
By Laura Amy Schlitz
Edition
Capitol Choices 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2015, Young Adult
Booklist 2015 Top 10 Books for Youth, Religion and Spirituality
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Fiction
The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2015, Young Adult
Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Fiction
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
2016 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, Older Readers
YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Fiction
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2015 Finalist, Young Adult Literature
Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2016, Historical Fiction
2016 Scott O’Dell Award Winner
2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Fiction
By Laura Amy Schlitz
Hardcover edition
Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN9780763678180
Awards and Honors 2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner, Young AdultCapitol Choices 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2015, Young Adult
Booklist 2015 Top 10 Books for Youth, Religion and Spirituality
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Fiction
The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2015, Young Adult
Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Fiction
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
2016 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, Older Readers
YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Fiction
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2015 Finalist, Young Adult Literature
Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2016, Historical Fiction
2016 Scott O’Dell Award Winner
2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Fiction
The Hired Girl
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SKU
9780763678180J
2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner, Young Adult
1911: Joan finds no art or beauty on her father’s farm, so she runs away to Baltimore. Working for a refined Jewish family, Joan learns she’s less cultured than she thought—but has plenty of potential.
1911: Joan finds no art or beauty on her father’s farm, so she runs away to Baltimore. Working for a refined Jewish family, Joan learns she’s less cultured than she thought—but has plenty of potential.
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Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
This collection features fiction titles selected for older middle school readers who are ready for longer, more layered stories that explore growing independence and changing perspective. Selections include realistic and speculative fiction with increased emotional and narrative complexity, offering stories that look beyond immediate experience and invite readers to engage with broader questions about identity, belonging, and the world around them.
14 books per Year
$294.00 per Year
Interests
Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Coming-of-Age
