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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
ISBN-10038574644X
ISBN-139780385746441
eBay Product ID (ePID)24038280200
Product Key Features
Book TitleCounting on Grace
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicHistorical / United States / General, General, Social Themes / Friendship, People & Places / United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorElizabeth Winthrop
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2006-278270
Reviews"History and fiction are woven seamlessly together in this beautifully written novel. Readers won't soon forget Grace." " - School Library Journal, "Starred "Vividly portrays mill life and four characters who resist its deadening effects. . . . Solid research and lively writing."" - Kirkus Reviews" "The child-labor story is gripping."" - Booklist" "From the Trade Paperback edition.", " History and fiction are woven seamlessly together in this beautifully written novel. Readers won't soon forget Grace." " - School Library Journal, "Starred " Vividly portrays mill life and four characters who resist its deadening effects. . . . Solid research and lively writing." " - Kirkus Reviews" " The child-labor story is gripping."" - Booklist" "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "History and fiction are woven seamlessly together in this beautifully written novel. Readers won't soon forget Grace." - School Library Journal, Starred "Vividly portrays mill life and four characters who resist its deadening effects. . . . Solid research and lively writing." - Kirkus Reviews "The child-labor story is gripping. " - Booklist From the Trade Paperback edition., "History and fiction are woven seamlessly together in this beautifully written novel. Readers won't soon forget Grace."- School Library Journal,Starred "Vividly portrays mill life and four characters who resist its deadening effects. . . . Solid research and lively writing."- Kirkus Reviews "The child-labor story is gripping." - Booklist From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
SynopsisSet in 1912 Vermont, this novel tells the story of 12-year-old Grace, who leaves school to work on the looms in the mill. Grace's life changes when famous reformer Lewis Hines arrives to photograph evidence of underage children working in the mills., 1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a "doffers" on their mothers' looms in the mill. Grace's mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she's left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace's every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive special lessons from their teacher. Together they write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal. A few weeks later a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace's brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family's future.
LC Classification NumberMLCS 2006/45755 (P)
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