Project Gutenberg 2024-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 143 Blanchard, Amy Ella 1856 1926 Blanchard, Amy E. (Amy Ella) Aunt Ella Ella, Aunt Blanchard, Amy E Merrill, Frank T. 1848 1923 Merrill, F. T. Merrill, Frank Thayer 20007293 A little maid of Picardy $aBoston :$bW. A. Wilde Company, $c1919. Carla Foust, David Edwards, David E. Brown, Rod Crawford, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Little Maid of Picardy" by Amy Ella Blanchard is a historical fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The book likely centers around a young girl named Lucie Du Bois, who navigates the challenges and changes brought on by war in her native France. As a tale of resilience and friendship, it explores themes of bravery and the impact of conflict on family life and childhood innocence. The opening of the story introduces readers to Lucie, a fourteen-year-old girl who enjoys spending time in her garden with her friend Annette. The two share a deep bond while discussing their lives and exchanging songs in English and French. As the narrative progresses, the looming threat of war becomes apparent, with Lucie’s father preparing to leave for battle as tensions rise in France. The chapter concludes with Lucie's promise to be brave, setting a tone of courage and uncertainty that will likely guide her journey through the turmoil ahead. With vivid character interactions and a backdrop of impending conflict, the beginnings of this novel establish an emotional foundation and an urgent context for the unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/cu31924005395706 20221125162916blanchard 1919 us Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: French Literature 491081 2025-07-29T07:56:07.307720 text/html 465585 2024-05-29T03:36:41 text/html 1001167 2025-07-29T07:56:15.684641 application/epub+zip 997539 2025-07-29T07:56:09.065669 application/epub+zip 367766 2025-07-29T07:56:08.123664 application/epub+zip 1581888 2025-07-29T07:56:20.336617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1311906 2025-07-29T07:56:14.735659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441533 2025-07-29T07:56:06.044740 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 421570 2024-05-29T03:36:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17257 2025-07-29T07:56:20.489602 application/rdf+xml 23992 2025-07-29T07:56:08.336665 image/jpeg 3866 2025-07-29T07:56:08.227691 image/jpeg 1277352 2025-07-29T07:56:07.377681 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia