![]() ![]() Another striking scene shows one woman's collapse in the hazy spinning room. Some spreads are compelling, as in the after-dinner hours when the women sit around the fire, one wearily soaking her feet. Not all of the human figures are well-rendered. Though crowd scenes offer opportunities for drama, the composition is somewhat static. The artwork, realistic watercolors, supports the narrative but does little to move the story forward. McCully's straightforward narrative is told in the third person with substantial dialogue. ![]() The house provides the context to move the plot because it's there that the women talk about their goals and conditions. It tells of Rebecca Putney, a 10-year-old bobbin girl who follows the lead of an older firebrand and walks out of the textile mill in protest of a pay cut. Gr 2-4‘This tale of child labor, early efforts to organize against unfair employers, and human courage is based on the true story of Harriet Hanson Robinson, whose mother ran a mill boardinghouse in 19th-century Lowell, MA. Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Sciences (1997) "The artwork was rendered in watercolor on watercolor paper with pastel highlights" Strikes and lockouts - Textile workers - Juvenile fiction.A ten-year-old bobbin girl working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1830s, must make a difficult decision-will she participate in the first workers' strike in Lowell? ![]()
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