Like the Willow Tree (Dear America)

Lois Lowry

Aug 2011 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear America series!Suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother, Daniel, of Portland, Maine, are taken by their uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Thrust into the Shakers' unfamiliar way of life, Lydia must grapple with a new world that is nothing like the one she used to know.Now separated from her beloved brother, for men and women do not mix in this community, Lydia must adjust to many changes. But in time, and with her courageous spirit, she learns to find the joy in life again.

Ratings and reviews

I spent many many days at the Sabbath day Lake Shaker Village as a Child. My uncle was a shaker before he renounced his faith to marry. The three remaining shakers became a large part of my childhood story and made an impact in my life much in a way that the older shakers did in the main character, lydia's childhood. Though the shaker village has gone through many changes over the years, their values, beliefs and purpose remain the same and I wish them good luck and god bless. ♡

About the author

Lois Lowry is the author of many acclaimed books for children. She is a two-time Newbery Award winner -- for NUMBER THE STARS, a book that is required reading in many classrooms, and THE GIVER, which remains one of the most talked-about and debated books in children's publishing history. THE GIVER is soon to be a major motion picture with Walden Media. She is also the author of GOSSAMER, CROW CALL, and THE WILLOUGHBYS, among many, many others. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.