The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker, Cynthia DeFelice
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker, Cynthia DeFelice
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The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

Author: Cynthia DeFelice

Narrator: John McDonough

Unabridged: 4 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/08/2009

Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by M.M. Strawberry

This is a pretty decent children's book and work of historical fiction. Set in 1849, this book revolves around the disease of tuberculosis (known back then as consumption) and the clash between superstition and science in the pursuit of a cure for this usually-fatal disease. It's presented in an age-......more

Goodreads review by Gale

MACABRE CON IN CONNECTICUT OR SHOCKING REVELATION? Did residents of New England actually practice a form of vampirism in the mid 19th century? The conclusions drawn by individual readers will vary, but the hypothesis is both fascinating and chilling. Newly orphaned and the only survivor of a family......more

Goodreads review by M.

This is a cute little chapter book for kids. Life lessons learned. Seemed historically acquired. The main character apprentices for a doctor so there some scene that *could* have been very gruesome but weren't. The author did an excellent job describing the scene without going into too much physical......more

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