In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to escape the fate of a mill girl.
How it reads
Character focusSmall ensemble
Worth knowing
Written forMiddle grade
When and where
ThemesFamily
How do you feel?