What Katy Did

Description:

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.

subjects: Children's fiction,  Conduct of life, fiction,  Accidents, fiction,  People with disabilities, fiction,  Brothers and sisters, fiction,  Single-parent families, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Ohio, fiction,  Accidents,  Accidents in fiction,  Aunts,  Aunts in fiction,  Brothers and sisters,  Brothers and sisters in fiction,  Children,  Conduct of life,  Conduct of life in fiction,  Cousins,  Cousins in fiction,  Family,  Family life,  Fiction,  Friendship,  Juvenile Literature,  Juvenile fiction,  People with disabilities,  People with disabilities in fiction,  Schools,  Sick,  Single-parent families,  Single-parent families in fiction,  Hanover (N.H.) in literature,  In literature,  Literature,  Families,  Girls,  Sisters,  Boarding schools,  Siblings, fiction,  Large type books,  Girls, juvenile literature,  Stepfamilies, fiction,  Katy Carr (Fictitious character),  Family, fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction

Places: Hanover (N.H.),  New Hampshire