Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce cover

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce

Author: Lowry, Lois

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.6
Points 6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 36599
Points per Word 0.000164
Page Count 216
Points per Page 0.027778
Series Dear America

Description

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, 11-year-old Lydia Pierce and her 14-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake, where Lydia struggles to learn a new lifestyle.