- Published: New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2006.
- Year Published: 2006
- Description: 232 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 760
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0385908784 (lib. bdg.)
- 038574644X
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elizabeth winthrop cotton manufacture ALA Notable Children's Books 2007 grace forcier wendy lamb textile mill town pownal vermont child labor
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It's 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At 12 Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later, Lewis Hine, a famous reformer arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his photographs, changing her life forever.
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