Counting on Grace
Read by
Lili Gamache
Release:
03/27/2007
Runtime:
5h 47m
Unabridged
Quantity:
History and fiction are woven seamlessly together in this beautifullywritten novel. Readers won't soon forget Grace.
School Library Journal, Starred"Vividly portrays mill life and four characters who resist its deadeningeffects. . . . Solid research and lively writing.
Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book, 2007
Winner of IRA CBC Children's Choice, 2007
Nominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2007
Winner of NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2007
Nominated for Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award, 2007
BONUS FEATURES: Exclusive author interview and a profile of Lewis Hine!
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.
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.
Release:
2007-03-27
Runtime:
5h 47m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780739346976
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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