Rosie in New York City: Gotcha!

by Carol Matas

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

J F MAT

Tags

ages 9-12, tikkun olam - repairing the world, New York, factories, labor unions, AR book - MG, social activism, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, seeking justice, historical fiction, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, inner strength - gevurah, achrayut - responsibility

Genres

Collection

Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)

Publication

Aladdin (2003), Paperback, 144 pages

Description

When Mama falls ill and Papa invests all of the family's savings into the nickelodeon business, eleven-year-old Rosie Lepidus takes her mother's place sewing sleeves at a shirtwaist factory, and standing in the local union's picket lines.

Barcode

1965

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

Language

English

ISBN

0689857144 / 9780689857140

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