Bread and Roses, Too

Author: Katherine Paterson
2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder AwardRosa’s mother is singing again, for the first time since Papa died in an accident in the mills. But instead of filling their cramped tenement apartment with Italian lullabies, Mamma is out on the streets singing union songs, and Rosa is terrified that her mother and older sister, Anna, are endangering their lives by marching against the corru….Read More
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