Strawberry Girl (American Regional) Paperback | Pages: 208 pages

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Title	:	Strawberry Girl (American Regional)
Author	:	Lois Lenski
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	60th Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	April 26th 2005 by HarperCollins (first published 1945)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens. Fiction

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The land was theirs, but so were its hardships

Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven′t even begun their planting. "Don′t count your biddies ′fore they′re hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her.

Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud.

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Original Title:	Strawberry Girl
ISBN:	0064405850 (ISBN13: 9780064405850)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	American Regional
Setting:	Florida(United States)
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal (1946)

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I didn't mind this old Newberry book. If it had been shorter, I might have liked it even more. I read a bit about this author and she made a whole series about different regions in the US. This is the only one that people still read, I think, at least based on the number of reviews on GR. Birdie and her family move to a spot in Florida to start a farm with things like strawberries and oranges. They move next to a family that raises cows and lets the wander everywhere. (Cue "Oklahoma" music.) The

This was a surprising read for me. I didn't know that Lois Lenski has an "American Regional Series" set in various parts of the US, highlighting childhood in such parts. Strawberry Girl is set in the pioneer days of Florida and seen through the eyes of young Birdie Boyer whose family settles in the backwoods. In a way, this book shows signs of age but it is so well told that I believe it would make a great read-aloud as long as the reader is committed to reading the dialogue in the backwoods

My daughter did not like this book. The book started out good, however, it took a wrong turn with us. I don't think this was a good fit for my daughter's age group. We both decided to not finish it because of some of the content. Just was not impressed.

Vivid details and troublesome neighbors made this story about the late 1800's in Florida quite engaging. The book did seem sewn up a little too neatly at the end, but all in all a fascinating story.

How could a child read this book and complain about her life in 21st century America? The two families in this book suffer from the ravages of grasshoppers, illness, hunger, and jealousy. They argue and fight with each other, eventually going so far as to kill each others animals and set fire to the others farmhouse. A hardscrabble life complete with rattlesnakes and alligators and swamps. Yet there was also a beauty to this life, of neighbors helping each other, even when they have little for

I should have been more securely fastened in my chair when I finished this book - what a catapulting shock of an ending!! Christians, you'll LOVE IT!!I'm not sure how this book got missed in my childhood, but it's a sad occurrence for sure. The ending entirely made the book, and it's one that every Christian will applaud and cheer! So you're probably scratching your head like me, wondering just how this book won a Newbery Medal? I don't know. But here's what the story is about...A farming family

Backwoods Florida sounds to be as rough and tumble as the wild west. They had the same problems with ranging cattle ... and what about those "biggety" folk who come from the North (that is, "Caroliny") with their annoying habits, such as attending school, actually feeding their livestock, planting crops, painting their houses, putting up fences to keep the friendly neighborhood livestock from destroying their crops, and going to church. I don't want to give anything away, but I would have