A Gathering of Days
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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 1979 · Est. 3 hour read

A Gathering of Days

A girl's journal reveals life, loss, and change on a New Hampshire farm.

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144 pages· 28,763 words· Est. 3 hour read· 960L
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In a small New Hampshire town, a fourteen-year-old girl chronicles her final year on the family farm. Her journal captures the everyday rhythms of rural life, her father's remarriage, and the profound loss of her best friend. As she navigates these changes, her entries offer a poignant glimpse into her world, raising questions about resilience and the passage of time. What will this year bring, and how will she cope with the shifting landscape of her life?

From the publisher

The journal of a fourteen-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.

Awards

Newbery Medal (1980)
At a glance
Format
Pages
144
Words
28,763
Reading age
9–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
960L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
6.7
F&P level
~W
AR points
5
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
221
Publication
Published
October 31, 1990
First published
September 1, 1979
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780153052231

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