Counting on Grace
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop is a reprint edition published by Random House Children’s Books on August 14, 2007. This 240-page book is presented in English and explores the life of a twelve-year-old girl named Grace in Pownal, Vermont, during the year 1910. As Grace and her best friend Arthur leave school to work as doffers in the local mill, the story delves into the challenges they face, particularly Grace’s struggle with her left-handedness in a right-handed job, and her desire to support her hardworking mother.
Readers will find a narrative that addresses significant social themes, including child labor and poverty, as Grace and Arthur take a stand by writing to the Child Labor Board about the injustices they witness. Their actions lead to an encounter with the reformer Lewis Hine, whose photography captures their plight and influences their futures. This edition invites readers to reflect on the historical context of the early 20th century in the United States while engaging with the personal growth and resilience of its young characters.
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1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’s mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she’s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’s every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive special lessons from their teacher. Together they write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal. A few weeks later a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace’s brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family’s future.
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