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Keywords

assertiveness, business, careers, conflict resolution, coping, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, illness, money, peer resistance, problem solving, sewing, verbal communication, work

Title

The bobbin girl

Description

Ten-year old Rebecca works all day in a hot and noisy cotton mill. She's grateful to be able to help her struggling family, but not all the girls at the boarding house feel the same way. Some girls are starting to get sick. Judith, an older girl that is Rebecca's idol, wants to protest the mill's recent paycut but the troublemakers are fired. Does Rebecca have the courage to join?

Author

McCally, Emily Arnold

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

ISBN

0-8037-1827-6

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1996

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Janie Earle, 1998

Citation

McCally, Emily Arnold, “The bobbin girl,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed January 29, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/8583.