Robinet, Harriette Gillem Missing from Haymarket Square.ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-689-83895-6. New York: Atheneum Books, 2001. 143 pp. $16.00. Twelve-year-old Dinah must work long hours and sometimes take drastic measures to help her family. When her father, who is a union organizer, disappears, she resolves to find him. This story, set in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of the 1886 labor struggles, examines the daily life of the working class. Dinah's efforts to help her family are interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. with details of the Haymarket Square riot Haymarket Square riot, outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Demands for an eight-hour working day became increasingly widespread among American laborers in the 1880s. in Chicago. This is a wonderful book that allows history to be experienced from a child's perspective. Ages 9-13. Reviewed by Shelly Sobel, Phoenixville High School, PA |
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