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Mary Smith
Time to get up! Did you ever wonder how people woke up in time for school or work in the days before alarm clocks? In the early twentieth century, townspeople in England hired "knocker-ups" like Mary Smith for a few pence a week. Mary Smith traveled through predawn streets armed with a peashooter and a pocket watch, waking her clients at whatever hour they requested by plinking dried peas at their bedroom windows. In rollicking words and pictures, Andrea U’Ren re-creates one busy morning in the life of her intrepid true-life subject – a morning when Mary Smith helps her town start its day in timely fashion, only to receive a rude awakening when she comes home. Could it be that the knocker-up’s own daughter has been sleeping in? Mary Smith is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Who Is Mary Smith?
What's in a name? Maria McCliver of Irish descent changes her name to Mary Smith to advance in her chosen profession. She is a resident of Weingarten in the Barossa Valley, residing alongside the Schultz family, descendants of German pioneers. An argument between them five generations back sparked a dispute whose fires still fume. Mary has never met them until she encounters Benjamin Schultz, and a love affair between them blossoms. Weingarten is an exclusive community, mostly Lutheran with just a few Roman Catholics; therefore, a wedding between the couple meets vigorous opposition. Grip your heartstrings as you tread the cactus-path of young love, and try to predict, without peeping, how the warlords sheath their swords, shake hands and a joyful marriage is celebrated.
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