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Connor, Leslie

Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel

32 pp. | Houghton | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-618-30564-5 $$16.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Mary Azarian. In 1856, young Miss Bridie immigrates to America, bringing a shovel with her. She uses the shovel as she finds work, marries, raises a family, improves their farm, and eventually plants a tree in her husband's memory. Azarian's woodcuts and Connor's spare, direct, but lyrical text work together to tell a story that is both particular and emblematic of the immigrant experience.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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