Bread and Roses, Too

Rosas mother is singing again for the first time since Papa died in anaccident in the mills. But instead of filling their cramped tenement apartmentwith Italian... » 

Rosas mother is singing again for the first time since Papa died in anaccident in the mills. But instead of filling their cramped tenement apartmentwith Italian lullabies Mamma is out on the streets singing union songs andRosa is terrified that her mother and older sister Anna are endangering theirlives by marching against the corrupt mill owners. After all didnt Miss Finchtell the class that the strikers are nothing but rabblerousersan uneducatedviolent mob? Suppose Mamma and Anna are jailed or worse killed? What willhappen to Rosa and little Ricci?When Rosa is sent to Vermont with other children to live with strangers untilthe strike is over she fears she will never see her family again. Then on thetrain a boy begs her to pretend that he is her brother. Alone and far fromhome she agrees to protect him . . . even though she suspects that he ishiding some terrible secret.From a beloved awardwinning author here is a moving story based on realevents surrounding an infamous 1912 strike. «