| The Child Labor Reform Movement: An Interactive History Adventure Contributor(s): Otfinoski, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476536082 ISBN-13: 9781476536088 Publisher: Capstone Press OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers - Juvenile Nonfiction | Law & Crime |
| Dewey: 331.310 |
| LCCN: 2013007023 |
| Lexile Measure: 620 |
| Series: You Choose: History |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.2" W x 7.4" (0.35 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's the 1800s, and you are a child from a poor family. You have to go to work to keep from starving. Will you: Work as a pauper apprentice in an English factory? Emigrate from Ireland in order to work in the New England cloth mills? Make your living on the streets of New York City selling newspapers? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to wealth, to poverty, or even to death. |
Contributor Bio(s): Otfinoski, Steven: - Steven Otfinoski has written more than 150 books for young readers. Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is a teacher. They have two children, two dogs, and a cat. |