Calico bush

Rachel Field Allen Lewis First published 1966

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • adventure and adventurers, fiction
  • children: grades 2-3
  • children's fiction
  • dienstmädchen
  • fiction
  • französin
  • friendship, fiction
  • frontier and pioneer life
  • frontier and pioneer life, fiction
  • girls, fiction
  • histoire
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • immigration and emigration
  • indentured servants
  • jugendbuch
  • juvenile fiction
  • main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme
  • newbery honor
  • newbery honor book
  • orphans
  • orphans, fiction
  • romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  • siedler