1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her greatest buddy Arthur should depart college and go to work as a “doffers” on their moms’ looms within the mill. Grace’s mom is the perfect employee, quick and highly effective, and Grace desperately desires to assist her. However she’s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’s each mistake prices her mom, and the household. She solely feels succesful on Sundays, when she and Arthur obtain particular classes from their trainer. Collectively they write a secret letter to the Baby Labor Board about underage kids working in Pownal. A couple of weeks later a person with a digicam reveals up. It’s the well-known reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, amassing proof for the Baby Labor Board. Grace’s transient acquaintance with Hine and the photographs he takes of her are a present that modifications her sense of herself, her future, and her household’s future.
ASIN : 0553487833
Writer : Yearling
Publication date : August 14, 2007
Language : English
Print size : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780553487831
ISBN-13 : 978-0553487831
Merchandise Weight : 5.5 ounces
Studying age : 8 – 12 years
Dimensions : 5.21 x 0.55 x 7.56 inches
Grade degree : 3 – 7
Lexile measure : 760L
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