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The Child Labor Reform Movement: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) - Softcover

Book 5 of 29: You Choose: History

Otfinoski, Steven

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9781476536088: The Child Labor Reform Movement: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History)

Synopsis

Its the 1800s, and you are a child from a poor family. You have to go to work to keep from starving. Will you: Work as a pauper apprentice in an English factory? Emigrate from Ireland in order to work in the New England cloth mills? Make your living on the streets of New York City selling newspapers? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to wealth, to poverty, or even to death.

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About the Author

Steven Otfinoski has written more than 150 books for young readers. Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. Steve lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is a teacher. They have two children, two dogs, and a cat. When he's not writing he enjoys swimming, tennis, reading, and singing in his church choir.

Reviews

History can take many paths and these entries in the You Choose: History series prove just that. After a brief introduction to the time period, the books use a “Choose Your Own Adventure”–style format that follows three fictional young people through historical ups and downs—including, sometimes, death. Complemented by archival photographs and reproductions, the brisk text highlights key events, people, and places. In The Child Labor Reform Movement, an apprentice mill worker, an immigrant factory worker, and a “newsie” in New York City experience the dangerous working conditions of the Industrial Revolution and meet Lewis Hine, investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. Each title concludes with a chapter about the time period’s legacy and extensive back matter to encourage further exploration. Grades 3-6. --Angela Leeper

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