Understood Betsy Contributor(s): Fisher, Dorothy Canfield (Author) |
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ISBN: 161895346X ISBN-13: 9781618953469 Publisher: Bibliotech Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
Lexile Measure: 1000 |
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 150 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 92 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father's aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother's family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter. In her new rural life, Elizabeth Ann comes to be nicknamed "Betsy," and to find that many activities that Frances had always thought too demanding for a little girl are considered, by the Putney family, routine activities for a child: walking to school alone, cooking, and having household duties to perform... |