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Factory girl /

Twelve-year-old Emily must hold down her job working twelve-hour days in a garment factory in order to keep from starving. A story that includes historical interludes about the working conditions in factories at the turn of the century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenwood, Barbara, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Child labor > Canada > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Child labor > Canada > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Factory system > Canada > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Factory system > Canada > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Canada > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Child labor > Fiction.
Child labor > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Factory system > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Canada > Social conditions > 1867-1918 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Children's stories, Canadian.
Fires > Fiction.
Factories > Fiction.
Enfants > Travail > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Enfants > Travail > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Travail industriel > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Canada > Conditions sociales > 1867-1918 > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Description
Summary:Twelve-year-old Emily must hold down her job working twelve-hour days in a garment factory in order to keep from starving. A story that includes historical interludes about the working conditions in factories at the turn of the century.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:136 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781553376484 (bound)
155337648X (bound)
9781553376491 (pbk.)
1553376498 (pbk.)