Ages 9 - 12

List $35.00

Written by Elizabeth Winthrop - Audio book performed by Lili Gamache - Unabridged Fiction - 5 COMPACT DISCS - 5 hours, 46 minutes

Publisher, Listening Library (March 2007)

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BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive author interview and a profile of Lewis Hine!

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.

About the Author: ELIZABETH WINTHROP is the bestselling author of mom than fifty books including The Castle in Attic and its sequel The Battle for the Castle, which are both available on audio from Listening Library. This novel. Counting on Grace, was selected as an American Library Association 2007 Notable Book and a 2007 Notable Social Studies Trade Book, which is a joint selection of the National Council for Social Studies and the Children's Book Council. It is also the 2007 Vermont Reads Book of the Year. The author makes her home in New York and northwestern Massachusetts.

About the Performer: LILI CAMACHE has worked in film television, stage, and voiceovers throughout her career.