Lois Lowry

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author's note about the Shakers.

The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce

Like the Willow Tree

Caroline Lewicki

My quest this year has been to read books I loved as a child and Dear America tops the list.

"Like the Willow Tree" follows Lydia Pierce, who is suddenly thrown into the world of being a Shaker. Her life experience is obviously very different from my own, which was always something I enjoyed about Dear America - I always learn a little something about a different time, different place, or different community from my own.

I really enjoyed this story and have always enjoyed Lois Lowry's writing, so my first venture back into Dear America was a double win!

Like the Willow Tree The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce

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