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Bread and roses, too

by Katherine Paterson · 2006

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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.

Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecksStrikes and lockoutsSurvivalImmigrantsFictionTextile workersLabor unionsEmigration and immigrationHistoryJuvenile fictionTextile industry