Author:
Winthrop, Elizabeth.
Imprint:New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2006.
Description232 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Target Audience008-012.
Note: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.
Note: AwardsA Junior Library Guild selection.
Note: AwardsAmerican Library Association Notable Books for Children 2007
