The Journeyman
by Elizabeth Yates
The Journeyman (Book 1), The Good and The Beautiful Library - Reading Level 8
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The boy isn't much to look at: thin, pale, and undersized for his age. Neighbors shake their heads over Jared Austin's odd ways. His father doesn't think he's good for anything much. Even his friend Jennet wonders what will become of him. But Jared isn't concerned; he has his own ideas about what is really important. One day a journeyman painter visits their quiet New Hampshire farm, and his unexpected offer sets Jared aglow with excitement. He starts off on an adventure that takes him miles show more from home and into experiences that bring him to manhood and deepen his faith. But before he leaves, Jared promises Jennet that someday, someday, he will come back for her. - Back cover. show lessTags
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Set in New Hampshire in the early 1800s. Jared Austin arrives in New England with the skills of an itinerant painter, and he hopes to brighten the drab farmhouse walls with his colors. But the year has been a fruitless one for farmers, and they are searching for someone to blame. Jared becomes their scapegoat as superstitions abound. Jared endures the cold and frost of this endless winter and determines to refute the lies as he exercises his quiet faith in God.
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- Original title
- Patterns on the Wall
- Original publication date
- 1943-04-05
- People/Characters
- Jared Austin
- Important places
- New Hampshire, USA
- Epigraph
- "If faith produce no works, I see
That faith is not a living tree,
Thus faith and works together grow;
No separate life they e'er can know:
They're soul and body, hand and heart:
What God ha... (show all)th joined, let no man part."
- Hannah More - Dedication
- To My Mother
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With Love and Gratitude - First words
- Jared lay on his back by the brook, watching the tracery of budded boughs sway against the spring sky.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"And a warm one too," he cried, catching her in his arms.
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- The Journeyman (Original title: Patterns on the Wall)
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