Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop

Just me,
I went to the library and was slightly discouraged by the fact that there are not many good books. But as i looked i saw a sticker that said Historical fiction. I grabbed the book flipped it open to the inside page and this is what it said:
1910
North Pownal Vermont
Twelve year old Grace and her friend Arthur must leave school to work as doffers in a mill. But Grace is left handed. Replacing full bobbins with empty ones is a right-handed job, and every mistake Grace makes costs her family precious pennies...
   I almost set down the book, it sounds kind of boring. But still i keep reading...
Grace knows Arthur is hatching a desperate plan to get himself out of the mill...
   A desperate plan? Maybe this could be exciting...
She begs him to wait. something will come to change their lives.
that something turns out to be Lewis Hine, a reformer with a camera...
  I know who he is! I just read about him in A History of US! I think to myself...
Who finds hims way into the mill to so that he can take pictures of kids like grace and Arthur next to the enormous spinning frames that beat out the rhythm of their twelve hour days. Boldly Grace becomes his secret ally.
  I ended up checking out the book from the library. And here is what i think of it...

Age: 9 and up not that it was scary but the words might be kind of hard for someone any younger than 9

Good or Bad? Good it starts out slowly but if you hang in there the plot comes in and things get more exciting

Scary? 1 nothing was scary. But there was a lot of sad parts

Hard parts to look out for: Graces Grandfather Dies, There is one bad word but that's all, One boy gets hurt in the mill and it goes into some detail of what the wound looks like, She try's to run away and her mom hits her at one point.

Although i wasn't shure whether it would be good I'm glad i checked it out and if you like Historical fiction i suggest you should too.

Lillie


P.S If you read this book be shure to look at page 223-227 It's all about how Elizabeth Winthrop though to wirte this book about hao she saw this picture and wondered what life was like for this little girl.
Do you ever do that wonder what life was or is like for others?