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Caddie Woodlawn is a classic of American young adult literature because it appeals to readers on more than one level. It illuminates American pioneer life by vividly describing the everyday experiences of the Woodlawn family, members of a loosely knit farming community at the edge of the western Wisconsin wilderness. Warm and realistic, the book depicts mid-nineteenth-century farm life and family relationships as experienced by an eleven-year-old tomboy.

Caddie is not only a likable literary character but was also a real person, the author's grandmother Caroline Woodhouse....

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