Counting on Grace

Kids, Fiction, Historical, Teen, Fiction - YA
Cover of the book Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop, Random House Children's Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Elizabeth Winthrop ISBN: 9780307518224
Publisher: Random House Children's Books Publication: December 18, 2008
Imprint: Yearling Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Winthrop
ISBN: 9780307518224
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication: December 18, 2008
Imprint: Yearling
Language: English
  1. 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.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
  1. 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.

More books from Random House Children's Books

Cover of the book A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Bambert's Book of Missing Stories by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Owls are Good at Keeping Secrets by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book In Your Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Kisses and Lies by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Cinderella's Friends (Disney Classic) by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book The Berenstain Bears Get Their Kicks by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Writing Smart, 3rd Edition by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Never Girls #4: From the Mist (Disney: The Never Girls) by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book The Go-Between by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Klondike, Do Not Eat Those Cupcakes! by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book The Silk Princess by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Paying for College, 2019 Edition by Elizabeth Winthrop
Cover of the book Sharks and Other Predators by Elizabeth Winthrop
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy