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Bridie's life has been a series of wrongs. The potato famine in Ireland. Being sent to the poorhouse when her mother's new job in America didn't turn out the way they'd hoped. Becoming an orphan.
And then there's the latest wrong—having to work for a family so abusive that Bridie is afraid she won't survive. So she runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, which in 1848 is a bustling town full of possibility. There, she makes friends with Rose, a girl with her own list of wrongs, but with big dreams, too.
Rose helps Bridie get a job with the strangest lady she's ever met, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton is planning a convention to talk about the rights of women. For Bridie and Rose, it's a new idea, that women and girls could have a voice. But they sure are sick of all the wrongs. Maybe it's time to fight for their rights!
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Release date
June 23, 2020 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593208274
- File size: 131561 KB
- Duration: 04:34:05
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 720
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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Narrator Bernadette Dunne's gentle brogue enhances her portrayal of Bridie, an orphaned refugee from the Irish famine, now living in Seneca Falls, New York. While fleeing the fate of indentured servitude with an abusive family, Bridie meets Rose, a free African-American girl who helps Bridie find work at the home of the wealthy and eccentric Mrs. Stanton. Listeners who know their women's and abolitionist history will recognize Elizabeth Cady Stanton as she organizes the first formal women's rights convention. Dunne smoothly portrays a cast of historical characters including the Stantons, Lucretia Mott, and Frederick Douglass, as well as fictional characters from different classes and backgrounds. Historical fiction fans will be swept up by Dunne's engaging, well-paced narration. S.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
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