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''A Gathering of Days; A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32'' (1979) is a historical novel by Joan Blos that won the 1980 National Book Award for Children's Books (hardcover)〔 ("National Book Awards – 1980" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-21.〕〔 From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual awards for hardcover and paperback books in many categories. Almost all of the paperback award-winners were reprints, including the 1980 children's paperback.〕 and the 1980 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. The book is written in the form of a journal kept by Catherine Hall, a young girl living in a rural village in New England with her widower father and younger sister. The journal details her daily life between the years of 1830 and 1832. Among the events of these two years are several that would have a profound impact on the rest of her life. These include her assistance to an escaped slave, her father's remarriage, and the sudden death of her best friend. == Plot == The book begins with a letter, dated Nov. 20, 1899, from the 82-year-old owner of the journal, now Catherine Hall Onesti, to her great-granddaughter, Catherine. The writer tells the recipient about the journal she is sending her, of her own life at age fourteen. Then the journal begins. Catherine introduces herself as 'aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days, of Meredith in the state of New Hampshire'. She then goes on the give an almost day-to-day report of the happenings that occur. At various intervals, she also includes quotes from her speller or her school textbook. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Gathering of Days」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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