Understood Betsy
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · November 26, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- A sheltered childhood meets farm chores in a gentle story of growing capability.
- Themes
- Self-discovery, Adjusting to a new family
- Genres
- Orphans & Foster Kids, Farm & Ranch Life, Girls & Young Women
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Start with this bookAbout this book
Elizabeth Ann, a nine-year-old girl, is timid and small for her age; she is also an orphan. At first she lives with her father's aunt, Harriet, who expects her to lead a very sheltered life. When she is sent to live with her mother's family, on a farm in Vermont, she is then expected to do many of the chores that Harriet had thought too demanding of a little girl. Elizabeth Ann, nicknamed Betsy, discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her.
Learning Her Measure
A sheltered childhood meets farm chores in a gentle story of growing capability.
Come here for
- A small, timid girl discovering what she can manage
- Two families’ very different ideas of childhood
Expect
- A shift from sheltered care to everyday farm chores
- A child’s fresh view of the world around her
Where it sits
| Orphans & Foster Kids | 47% |
|---|---|
| Farm & Ranch Life | 38% |
| Girls & Young Women | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- New Baby Stories
- Farm & Ranch Life
- Authors
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 26, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Self-discovery · Adjusting to a new family
- Reading lane
- The Classics