Age
7+
Grade
3-4
Emily Arnold McCully
The Bobbin Girl
Library Binding
(Dial Books May 1, 1996)
Rebecca Putney is a bobbin girl who helps support her struggling family by working all day in a hot, noisy cotton mill. Working conditions at the mill are poor, and there is talk of lowering the workers' wages. Rebecca's friend Judith wants to protest the pay cut--but troublemakers at the mill are dismissed. Does Rebecca have the courage to join the protest?
- ISBN
- 0803718284 / 9780803718289
- Pages
- 36
- Weight
- 15.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 0.2
in.