Paterson, Katherine,

Bread and roses, too / Katherine Paterson. - 275 pages ; 20 cm

Includes an historical note. Part of libraries Ncss recommended collection, Grade 6-8.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-275).

Shoe girl -- "Short pay! All out!" -- Best student -- For the needy -- Joe Ettor comes to town -- Songs of defiance -- Return of Rosa's rat -- Bread and Rosa -- Beautiful Mrs. Gurley Flynn -- Anarchy -- Day hell breaks loose -- Who killed Annie Lopizzo? -- Unexpected bath -- Proper caller -- Card -- Train -- At the labor hall -- Gerbatis -- New clothes and new problems -- Rossi and Gerbati -- Word from home -- Tumulto and treachery -- Bargain -- Home at last -- Historical note -- Acknowledgments.

Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

ISBN: 9780547076515 0547076517 9780329665579 032966557X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Strikes and lockouts
Labor unions
Textile workers
Immigrants
Emigration and immigration

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]