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Bread and roses, too

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Paterson, Katherine
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Clarion Books, c2006.
Subjects:	Strikes and lockouts > Textile industry > Juvenile fiction. Labor unions > Juvenile fiction. Textile workers > Juvenile fiction. Immigrants > Juvenile fiction. Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction. Lawrence (Mass.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	275 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:	0618654798 (hardcover) :
Author Notes:	Katherine Paterson was born in Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China in 1932. She attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee and then graduate school in Virginia where she studied Bible and Christian education. Before going to graduate school, she was a teacher for one year and after graduate school, she moved to Japan to be a missionary. Her first book, Sign of the Chrysanthemum was published in 1991. Other titles to follow included The Bridge to Terabithia and Jacod Have I Loved which both won her a Newbery Award, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie and The Master Puppeteer. In addition to the Newbery Award, she is the recipient of numerous others including the Scott O'Dell Award, the National Book Award for Children's Literature, the American Book Award, the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults Award and the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year Award. She was also honored with the Hans Christian Anderson Award. (Bowker Author Biography)