Elizabeth Winthrop

Counting on Grace

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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, underc… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-553-48783-1
EAN: 9780553487831
Produktnummer: 19333072
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Sonstiges: Ab 8 - 12 J.

Über den Autor

Elizabeth Winthrop is the highly acclaimed author of more than sixty books for children of all ages. She is the daughter of famed journalist and political analyst Stewart Alsop, and the great-grandniece of Theodore Roosevelt. Her works include Counting on Grace, The Castle in the Attic, and The Battle for the Castle.