Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson

Ethnic rivalries and prejudices play an important role, and the alternating points of view of Rosa and Jake allow for a broader picture and add tension and balance. 2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Rosas mother is singing again, for the first time since Papa died in an accident in the mills. Paterson has skillfully woven true events and real historical figures into the fictional story and created vivid settings, clearly drawn characters, and a strong sense of the hardship and injustice faced by the mostly immigrant mill workers. Caught in the act, he learns that the forbidding man is really a compassionate soul who gives him the chance he needs to make a new life for himself. Gerbati's stonecutting business where, despite fair treatment, the temptation to steal overwhelms him. Illiterate 'Sal' begs off going to school, working instead in Mr. Bread and Roses, Too focuses on the experience of two adolescents during the strike. This historic class battle involved tens of thousands of workers, largely women from numerous ethnic groups speaking many different languages. He convinces Rosa to say he is her older brother and to persuade the Gerbatis to keep him, too. Condition: Fine/Fine ISBN 10: 0618654798 ISBN 13: 9780618654796. Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson, is set in the historic Lawrence, Massachusetts strike of 1912. After a terrifying incident in which he finds his father dead, Jake sneaks onto the train, mistaking its destination as New York City. As the strike turns ugly, arrangements are made for children to leave Lawrence temporarily, and Rosa is sent to an elderly couple, the Gerbatis, in Barre. Jake Beale works there to keep himself and his alcoholic father alive. Rosa Serutti's mother and older sister work in the mills and are joining the protest against unfair labor practices. Her most recent books are Bread and Roses, Too (Clarion), which won The.

Paterson has drawn upon the facts of the famous 1912 Bread and Roses strike in the mills of Lawrence, MA, and the sympathetic response of the citizens of Barre, VT, to tell the story of two children enmeshed in complex events. Information about Katherine Paterson, author of books for young people and.

Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson