A Difficult Boy
By M. P. Barker
(Holiday House, Hardcover, 9780823420865, 298pp.)
Publication Date: April 2008
Categories: Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism, Social Issues - Friendship, Historical - United States - 19th Century
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Description
It is 1839 and nine-year-old Ethan finds himself an indentured servant working for Mr. Lyman, a mean-spirited shopkeeper in Massachusetts. When Ethan and another young servant are beaten by Mr. Lyman, the two boys find out what it takes to be a friend.
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