Status
Available
Call number
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PB Ame
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PB Ame
Collection
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Publication
American Girl (2009), Paperback, 78 pages
Description
Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.
Physical description
78 p.; 8.3 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member Daumari
3.5, rounded up.
Conditions are awful in the coat factory that Rebecca's uncle and cousin work in, so the workers are planning to strike. Like several other Changes books, Rebecca makes a speech though realistically, am not sure people would listen to a ten year old implore them about improving
Conditions are awful in the coat factory that Rebecca's uncle and cousin work in, so the workers are planning to strike. Like several other Changes books, Rebecca makes a speech though realistically, am not sure people would listen to a ten year old implore them about improving
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labor conditions. Still, things work out neatly in the end, and both the book and Looking Back are a good introduction for kids to labor movements. Show Less
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Pages
78