Counting on Grace, by Elizabeth Winthrop

I really enjoyed this book about Grace, a twelve year old girl forced to help her family financially by working long hours in the local mill. A concerned teacher helps Grace and her friend Arthur expose the horrible working conditions. This book takes place in 1910 Vermont, and the author based the book on actual photographs taken by a child labor reformer, Lewis Hines. The book contains the actual photographs, and the author's story of her research can be found on her website: http://elizabethwinthrop.com/searchforaddie.html

Caution: Details of one grisly mill accident might make this difficult for sensitive readers.