Survivor Amy Rose recounts her upbringing in an abusive cult which forbade independent learning, and how she discovered books in a secret library that opened up her world and inspired her to escape.
Describes what life was life for nineteenth-century American children, exploring their role in the labor force, the impact changing policies on education and child labor had on their lives, and what they did for fun.
Presents a comprehensive history of American childhood from the sinful creatures early Puritans perceived them to be to the farms and factories of the nineteenth century and war years of the twentieth century and examines their development and influence on the nation.
Siblings James, Jackson, and Ida grow close to fill a void in their single-parent families, as they mature their emotions for each other become more complex, Jackson's somnabulance develops into violent outbursts, and James is hospitalized.
Presents a comprehensive history of American childhood from the sinful creatures early Puritans perceived them to be to the farms and factories of the nineteenth century and war years of the twentieth century and examines their development and influence on the nation.
