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2) Lyddie
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
4) Glow
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When thrift-store aficionado Julie discovers a series of antique paintings with hidden glowing images that are only visible in the dark, she uncovers a century-old romance and the haunting true story of the Radium Girls"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton volume 27
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton regrets that he is too busy to celebrate Christmas in New Mouse City and wishes he could fly to Santa's toy factory.
6) Threads
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An American girl finds a note written by a Chinese girl forced to work in a factory in Beijing.
Author
Series
[Thea Stilton and ] volume 19
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It is up to the Thea sisters to investigate when an Ecuadorian chocolate factory known for its environmental practices begins malfunctioning and the owner suspects sabotage.
9) Uprising
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two bestfriends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Judy Moody and friends volume 10
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Left-handers are creative. Left-handers are geniuses. Half of all cats are lefties! (Or so says Stink.) But Judy is a righty ... and Judy is feeling left out. Tomorrow is Left Handers Day, and Stink and Dad, the southpaws in the Moody family, are celebrating at the pretzel factory. Judy is allowed to come along on one condition: she has to be left-handed the whole entire day. It's on!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate -- he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the "meter meter" and empty the "cliché bins." He assembles a poem by picking...
Author
Series
Grim Reaper volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Casey Maldonados life is over at least as she knows it. In one brief moment of fire and wrenching metal, everything important was gone. The car manufacturer was generous with its settlement, but it can never be enough. Her family and friends not to mention her lawyers want her to go for more. More money. More publicity. More everything. But Casey is done. No financial gain or courtroom retribution will bring back...
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