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Calico bush by rachel field5/19/2023 ![]() Soon, she’s required to become a ‘Bound-Out Girl’ to a family heading to a new homestead in Maine. Marguerite manages to snatch up a brass button from his coat which rolled across the deck away from watchful eyes.Īfter they land, Grandmere also dies and Marguerite is left completely on her own – with only Oncle Pierre’s brass button and Grandmere’s ring as mementos of her family. When he dies, his body and all his worldly goods are tossed into the sea. I don’t know how to add the accents to the French words.) Right before they reach land, her cheerful Oncle Pierre succumbs to a mysterious illness which travels through the ship with lightening speed. (I apologize to my French-speaking readers. Marguerite is an orphaned French girl who travels from France to the New World with her last remaining relatives, Grandmere and Oncle Pierre. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this story. This is the second time I’ve read through Calico Bush, but it will certainly not be my last. ![]() I imagine Calico Bush by Rachel Field is not at the top of many people’s reading lists. ![]()
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