SuitabookResilience through useful work
Ellie takes on demanding tasks to help and protect her family and loved ones.
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Lauren Wolk - Author
This is a historical family story about rebuilding after hardship. Ellie’s practical courage, connection with nature and willingness to help others sit alongside grief, difficult choices and uncertainty about what people have experienced.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a historical family story about rebuilding after hardship. Ellie’s practical courage, connection with nature and willingness to help others sit alongside grief, difficult choices and uncertainty about what people have experienced.
Ellie takes on demanding tasks to help and protect her family and loved ones.
Ellie encounters people who are grieving, bitter or difficult, and the community responds to practical needs in different ways.
The family rebuilds in rural Maine during the Great Depression, using practical skills and community exchange to manage difficult conditions.
Be aware of a father’s coma after an accident, grief, blood and mild gore involving injuries, a distressed newborn puppy, animal encounters, hunting and a possible unexplained black eye.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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