A Gathering of Days is a 1979 historical novel by Joan Blos. The novel is presented as a journal with entries from 1830 to 1832, written by a thirteen-year-old girl named Catherine Hall, living in rural New Hampshire. The story follows her day to day life, her experiences in school, her life with her widower father and her interactions with her best friend Cassie Shipman. Notable events include her father's remarriage, Cassie's death and helping an escaped slave from the South.
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