| Missing from Haymarket Square Contributor(s): Robinet, Harriette Gillem (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689854900 ISBN-13: 9780689854903 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: In May, 1886, 80,000 laborers plan to march at a demonstration in Haymarket Square in Chicago. Young Dinah's father is taken prisoner to prevent his participation. Dinah is determined to free him even though the march and the subsequent riot put her in danger. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 990088710 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.37 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 51849 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: CHICAGO, 1886. Twelve-year-old Dinah Bell is too young to be working twelve-hour days. But to the factory and mill owners, age doesn't matter. In fact nothing seems to matter to them except how much work gets done. But Dinah and workers like her have many concerns: Food is scarce, wages are small, and hope seems out of reach. Dinah's father knows there must be a better way -- that's why he and eight thousand others are planning to march for an eight-hour day. But when her father is taken prisoner for helping to plan the march, Dinah is desperate to rescue him. As the march gives way to a terrifying riot, Dinah faces constant danger and a persistent question: What will become of her family if she does not set her father free? |