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Factory Girl
Barbara Greenwood
#UB5712
Paperback, 136 pages; 2007
$12.95
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It mightn't hurt for today's pampered preteens to have a glimpse into the hardscrabble lives led by some young Americans just a century ago. Barbara Greenwood alternates fictional chapters about twelve-year-old Emily Watson-who has to quit school and go to work in a factory-with historical information on the dreadful living and working conditions of child laborers in the early 1900s. The fictional narrative is exciting and compelling-Emily is a sympathetic, likable character-but the historical data and Lewis Hines's vintage photographs will break your heart. Factory Girl teaches an important history lesson within a highly readable story. For ages 9-12.
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