Rosie in New York City

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By Matas, Carol

Publishers Summary:
When Mama falls ill and Papa invests all of the family's savings into the nickelodeon business, eleven-year-old Rosie Lepidus takes her mother's place sewing sleeves at a shirtwaist factory, and standing in the local union's picket lines.

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ISBN
978-0-68985-714-0
Publisher
New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2003

Gr 3-6 In this first book in a trilogy, Rosie's father invests in the nickelodeon business and her mother becomes ill, so the 11-year-old fills in at a shirtwaist factory in order to support the family. She quickly-perhaps too quickly-makes the transition from carefree schoolgirl to oppressed factory worker, and participates in the 1909-1910 strike. In the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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