What Katy Did
by Susan Coolidge, Adele Ledyard, Addie Ledyard · 1873
Children's fictionConduct of life, fictionAccidents, fictionPeople with disabilities, fictionBrothers and sisters, fictionSingle-parent families, fictionFamily life, fictionOhio, fiction
Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.
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Book data: Open Library