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Author:

Greenwood, Barbara, 1940-

Title:

Factory girl / written by Barbara Greenwood.

Publisher:

Kids Can Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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--Histoire--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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Looking for work -- In the factory -- Payday -- Interloper -- Visitor -- Letter.

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.

ISBN:

1553376498 (pbk.)
9781553376491 (pbk.)
155337648X (bound)
9781553376484 (bound)

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CUPC586 -- Columbus Junction Public Library (Columbus Junction)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

JSSX094 -- Janesville School Library (Janesville)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)