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Maria's Story, 1773

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By Joan Lowery Nixon
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
Maria's Story, 1773
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When Maria Rinds father dies, her mother is forced to carry on his work writing and publishing The Virginia Gazette, one of Williamsburgs weekly newspapers. Nineyearold Maria would like to help too, but instead her older brother is chosen to work at the press. That leaves Maria to look after her three younger brothersa task she does not enjoy. Then the newspaper comes under attack for its political reporting, and to make matters worse, the Rinds risk losing the press itself. Can Maria find a way to hold her family together?

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25689 words25,689 words
176 pages176 pages
Lexile 820LLexile 820L
Published 2001Published 2001

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Book ISBN:

9780385326858

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