SuitabookChildren carrying family responsibility
Charlotte is left to care for younger siblings and the family farm while her mother is sick and her father is away.
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Wil Mara - Author
This is a historical story about children managing family responsibilities and practical work during a storm, while also facing uncertainty about illness, separation and an immigrant family’s future.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a historical story about children managing family responsibilities and practical work during a storm, while also facing uncertainty about illness, separation and an immigrant family’s future.
Charlotte is left to care for younger siblings and the family farm while her mother is sick and her father is away.
Elijah worries that his immigrant family may return to Holland after experiencing setbacks on their farm.
Charlotte and Elijah work together to make repairs and feed their families after the storm.
Some readers may need support with a sick parent, a dangerous storm, family separation concerns and the vulnerability created by failed farming efforts.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
If you were a kid in the thirteen colonies by Wil Mara | Open Library
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