Monday, May 2, 2016

Counting on grace by Elizabeth Winthrop

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 reform arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his photographs, changing her life forever.
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2 comments:

  1. GordonMay 6, 2016 at 9:14 AM

    How do you think this description of working class of the 1920's stacks up with the one in your American history textbook? More vivid? More surprising? More raw?

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  2. KahlaJune 8, 2016 at 5:59 PM

    Was this interesting? Did you have a favorite character? Was the story written in third or first person. I think it would make more sense written in first person.

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