Factory Girl
by Barbara Greenwood · February 1, 2007
Popularity 5
From the author of "The Last Safe House" comes a gripping novel that depicts the life of working children in North American cities in the early 20th century. Interwoven with it are nonfiction sections describing family life in a slum, the fight to improve social conditions, and the plight of working children then and now. Photos.
HistoryChild laborTravailOuvrages pour la jeunesseConditions socialesJuvenile literatureJuvenile fictionHistoireFactory systemFictionFiresChildren's stories, Canadian