Lyddie is sent to work at Cutler's Tavern as a housemaid, and Charlie is sent to work at the Baker's mill. She learns how to weave and other similar tasks. Charlie jokes about her horrible spelling, which becomes an inside joke, "We can stil hop" instead of "We can still hope". While at the house, they receive a letter from their mother, who tells them she signed them up for jobs in the village and they have been hired out as indentured servants. She takes Lyddie's younger siblings Rachel and Agnes with her Lyddie and her brother Charlie refuse to leave because they believe their father will return. Lyddie's mother sees the bear as the devil and moves in with her sister, Clarissa, and her husband, Judah. Lyddie must perform her parents' duties, as her father left for the gold rush and her mother is insane. Throughout the rest of the book, Lyddie's troubles are often represented as "bears". The bear leaves with no one harmed, but some of their possessions broken. Lyddie saves the family by staring down the bear long enough for her family to climb up to the loft. Lyddie, a 13-year-old girl and her family, are in their cabin in 1843 when a bear enters. When thirteen-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as indentured servants to help pay off their family's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family. Set in the 19th century, this is a story of determination and personal growth. Lyddie is a 1991 novel written by Katherine Paterson.
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