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A Little Maid of Old Maine

Alice Turner Curtis

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .t hurt at all,” she added consolingly.

Melvina was finally comforted, and Anna climbed up the slope to search for the missing bag, while Luretta persuaded Melvina to take off her stockings in order that they might be washed.

“They’ll dry in no time,” Luretta assured her. “I can wash them out right here in this clean puddle, and put them on the warm rocks to dry.” So Melvina reluctantly took off her slippers, and the pretty open-work stockings, and curling her feet under her, sat down on a big rock to watch Luretta dip the stockings in the little pool of sea water near by, and to send anxious glances toward the sandy bluff where Anna was searching for the missing bag.

33 CHAPTER III MELVINA MAKES DISCOVERIES

The sun shone warmly down on the brown ledges, the little waves crept up the shore with a pleasant murmur, and Melvina, watching Luretta dipping her white stockings in the pool, began to feel less. . . Read More

Community Reviews

i love this book

This very well might be my favorite of the Little Maid series. It tells the story of Anna and Rebecca at the time of the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Anna who prefers to be called Danna is a complete tomboy. She dresses more like a boy, wears her hair shorter, and tramps in the woods with her

This story is more about the girls and living in Maine than the Revolution. Major historical information is about the Liberty Tree and Maine's role in the Revolution. There was a hint of the Tories and their traitorous acts. One interesting event was the exchange of one girl with another girl's fami

Read this with my girls for a bedtime story. SO much better than the American Girl series. It is based on real people and real events, but of course highly fictionized to make it appealing to young girls. None of the ridiculous modern attitudes. Not dumbed down at all. Enough history to supplement t

Similar is style to the Little House on the Prairie books but set in coastal Maine in 1775. I read this to my 11 and 13 yo granddaughters. The 11 year old liked it. The 13 yo thought it was boring.

Well, this was an interesting book. At least some of the characters and events are based on real people. However, it should be noted that in real life, Hannah Watts whose married name is Hannah Weston (Anna or Danna Weston in the book) was the elder of the two girls (about 17 years old, married, and

Actually there are two little maids, sisters Anna and Rebecca Weston, living near the Machias River in May 1775. Tomboy Anna, sometimes called "Danna" by her family, prefers to keep her curly hair short and thirsts for adventure. Her older sister Rebecca is going on 14, but so much is going on at th

Good

My son really enjoyed this book. His favorite part was when Danna and Rebby went through the forest to get ammunition.

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