Calico Bush by Rachael Field

I vowed I would stay away from Newbery award and honor books because you probably already know that most of them are clean reads and just plain old good books.  This one was a 1936 Newberry honor book.  It is historical fiction set in Maine during the French Indian War.  It is about a French girl who loses her family and becomes a "bound out girl" to a family with 5 children.  A good read, but I am unsure if today's children would be interested in it.  There are a lot of french words, references to her Catholic upbringing and customs, and time period words and phrases all without explanation as to their meaning.  I think this would make this a difficult read for any child under the age of 10.  I, however, enjoyed it and think it would make a good read aloud so that explanations could be inserted.