{"product_id":"hired-girl","title":"Hired Girl","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHired Girl\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780763678180\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCandlewick\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e400\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of--a woman with a future. Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz relates Joan's journey from the muck of the chicken coop to the comforts of a society household in Baltimore (Electricity! Carpet sweepers! Sending out the laundry!), taking readers on an exploration of feminism and housework; religion and literature; love and loyalty; cats, hats, and bunions.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Hired Girl | Laura Amy Schlitz | Hardcover | 9780763678180 | Used: Very Good | YA 1776457","offer_id":50760122827010,"sku":"1776457","price":25.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71hqfLPVA6L.jpg?v=1792044448","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/hired-girl","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}