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The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia DeFelice

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The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

Author
Cynthia DeFelice
Narrator
John McDonough
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
8 December 2009
Run Time
4 hours 30 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
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Life is hard for 12-year-old Lucas. First Uncle Asa dies of consumption, then Lizy and Pa. Now Mama is sick. And Lucas is the only one left to take care of her and their Connecticut farm. By the time his neighbor tells him of a strange, new cure, it is too late-Mama has just died. Reeling with sorrow, Lucas wanders until he sees a "help wanted" sign for a doctor's apprentice. He feels better while he is helping to pull teeth, visit the sick, and bury the dead. When he discovers townspeople are dying of consumption here, too, he wants to help them. Should he try the macabre cure? Novelist for young readers, Cynthia DeFelice bases her gripping tale on actual practices of the mid-1800s to cure victims of the disease we now call tuberculosis. Narrator John McDonough will hold listeners spellbound as Lucas heroically attacks a mystery that even the adults can't solve.

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Author
Cynthia DeFelice
Narrator
John McDonough
Duration
4 hours 30 minutes
Release Date
8 December 2009
ISBN
9781449804008
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

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Life is hard for 12-year-old Lucas. First Uncle Asa dies of consumption, then Lizy and Pa. Now Mama is sick. And Lucas is the only one left to take care of her and their Connecticut farm. By the time his neighbor tells him of a strange, new cure, it is too late-Mama has just died. Reeling with sorrow, Lucas wanders until he sees a "help wanted" sign for a doctor's apprentice. He feels better while he is helping to pull teeth, visit the sick, and bury the dead. When he discovers townspeople are dying of consumption here, too, he wants to help them. Should he try the macabre cure? Novelist for young readers, Cynthia DeFelice bases her gripping tale on actual practices of the mid-1800s to cure victims of the disease we now call tuberculosis. Narrator John McDonough will hold listeners spellbound as Lucas heroically attacks a mystery that even the adults can't solve.

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