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krazzy-biotchay
krazzy-biotchay
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High School - 9th Grade

What is a summary for Chapter 1 of the book Lyddie?

The book is by Katherine Paterson.

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Posted by krazzy-biotchay on Monday April 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM and tagged with chapter 1, lyddie, summary.

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  1. dymatsuoka

    Chapter 1 opens with an incident that changes the life of Lyddie and her family.  A bear invades their house, and as Lyddie, Mama, and the younger children clamber to safety in the loft, it is clear that Mama is not completely lucid, and that thirteen-year-old Lyddie is the one who takes care of everyone.  Believing that the bear is a sign that the world will soon be destroyed, Mama decides that they must go to stay at her sister's place, so as "to be with the faithful when the end comes".  Lyddie and ten-year-old Charlie refuse to go because they still have hope that Papa, who went away when he couldn't make a living for the family on the farm, will return as he promised, so they stay behind, and manage quite efficiently to make it through the winter.  In the spring, Lyddie and Charlie receive a letter from Mama, telling them that she has hired both of them out to pay the family's debts.  Lyddie is to go to work at Cutler's Tavern, and Charlie at Baker's Mill.

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    Posted by dymatsuoka on Tuesday April 29, 2008 at 10:39 PM