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The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
 
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Uh, no thanks I ll go for Dear America! (updated 4/25/01)

Date of Review:  Sep 24, 2000
The Bottom Line: Although this book might be a quick, cute read for young girls, it's sorely lacking in almost every other aspect. I would recommend practically any other "diary book" before it.
Review: A Gathering of Days ah, does that bring back sweet childhood memories? Perhaps, but not for me! I know someone is gasping in shock; you mean Greatpilgrim, the ultimate reviewer of classics, is criticizing a Newberry Medal winner? The sky is falling,...
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Well-written, touching story

Date of Review:  Jan 19, 2000
Review: A Gathering of Days is one of my favorites of the Newbery winners. It is sometimes a difficult story to read because of the depth of emotion conveyed throughout the book. Death, unfortunately, was an always-looming threat in the 1830's, due to...
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Authors Joan W. Blos
Fiction Genre Juvenile Fiction
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 1980 Newbery Medal

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  Format: Hardcover - Reinforced Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum (September 01, 1979)
Measurements: 8.75"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.7 lbs.
ISBN: 9780684163406

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  To my namesake, Catherine: I give you this book on your fourteenth birthday, as I turned fourteen the year of the journal; the year that was also my last on the farm tho' I did not know it then.
 
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This novel, written in diary form, tells of a pivotal year for 19th-century New Englander Catherine Cabot Hill--one of change, loss, and leave taking . . . a low-key, intense and reflective book .-- School Library Journal , starred review. 1980 Newbery Award book.
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