Counting on Grace

Winthrop, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0385908784 ISBN 13: 9780385908788

Casa editrice: Wendy Lamb Books, 2006

Riassunto

1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’s mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she’s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’s every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive special lessons from their teacher. Together they write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal. A few weeks later a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace’s brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family’s future.
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Recensione:

"History and fiction are woven seamlessly together in this beautifully
written novel. Readers won't soon forget Grace." - School Library Journal, Starred

"Vividly portrays mill life and four characters who resist its deadening
effects. . . . Solid research and lively writing." - Kirkus Reviews

"The child-labor story is gripping." - Booklist
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Book by Winthrop Elizabeth

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• Editore: Wendy Lamb Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0385908784
• ISBN 13: 9780385908788
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 240