Twelve-year-old Emily must hold down her job working twelve-hour days in a garment factory in order to keep from starving. A story that includes historical interludes about the working conditions in factories at the turn of the century.
Presents the fictitious story of twelve-year-old Emily who works in garment factory to describe the practice of child labor in the early 1900s. Includes historical accounts and photographs of children in difficult and dangerous factory conditions.
Presents an historical fiction about Emily, a young child who works eleven hours a day in a garment factory; and includes historical notes about child labor.
