An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Editors Choice A School Library Journal Best Book A Two-Time Newbery Award Winning Author When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farms debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true. Grades 3-7 Ages 8-12 Lexile 860.