| Counting on Grace Contributor(s): Winthrop, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553487833 ISBN-13: 9780553487831 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Set in 1910 Vermont, this novel tells the story of 12-year-old Grace, who leaves school to work on the looms in the mill. Grace's life changes when famous reformer Lewis Hines arrives to photograph evidence of underage children working in the mills. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty - Juvenile Fiction | Business, Careers, Occupations |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007280716 |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.18" W x 7.62" (0.36 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Vermont - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 104748 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace's brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family's future. |