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Two children are caught-up in the struggle between labor and management at a textile mill in England. Read Lizzy's story first then read Josh's.Tags
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A new paperback series which takes a look at a historical period from the point of view of two young people--usually boy and girl--who have lived through the same incident. In this case, Lizzie, the daughter of the former head engineer of a prosperous cotton mill in 1840's England teels her reaction to and involvement in a movement to make workignand living condtions better for the mill workers. Josh, the young son and heir to the mill, weighs in on the issue from the side of the owners who are seeing costs rise and profits drop.
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- Original publication date
- 2005
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- Genres
- Kids, Tween, Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .W86027 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 28
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- 978,067
- Reviews
- 1
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- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- UPCs
- 1
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