Paterson, Katherine. BREAD AND ROSES, TOO

Paterson, Katherine.
BREAD AND ROSES, TOO
New York : Clarion, 2006.

Conditions of immigrant labor in the mills in Lawrence Mass in 1912 are the backdrop for a friendship between 12 year-old Rosa and 13 year-old Jake. Rosa is in a family where the father has died in a mill accident and the mother and older sister are working at the mill for very poor wages. Jake is working in a factory until it is closed because of the strike. When the children are sent to Vermont to keep them safe, Jake jumps on the train with Rosa thinking he's going to New York. In Vermont, Rosa continues her education and Jake learns to trust others. A realistic view of the roles women and children played in the New England factories of the early 1900s (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2007-2008)