<DIV>Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear America series!&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;FORMAT: 4 CDs, Unabridged&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;NARRATOR: TBA&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother, Daniel, of Portland, Maine, are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Thrust into the spartan lifestyle of this isolated religious sect, which practices celibacy and pacifism, Lydia, a fiercely independent girl, must grapple with a new life that is nothing like the one she used to know. Since she is separated from her beloved brother -- for males and females do not live together in this communal village -- Lydia is forced to adjust to the restrictions placed upon her once carefree, creative spirit all on her own.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;PRAISE FOR DEAR AMERICA:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;"More than a supplement to classroom textbooks, this series is an imaginative, solid entre into American history." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</div>