Counting on Grace
by Elizabeth Winthrop
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Author: Elizabeth WinthropEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-14
ISBN: 0553487833
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Yearling
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Book Review: An unforgettable story about a forgotten era
Summary: 4 Stars
For the sake of full disclosure: I did have an agenda in selecting the CD of "Counting on Grace" for our last family road trip. I hoped that a story about the tragedy of child labor might convince my 10-year-old that she's really not being worked to death by having to clean her room. That being said, our whole family was captivated by the story. The author avoids all the traps that she could have fallen into, such as creating characters who are angelic or evil caricatures, or milking a series of tragedies just to catch the reader's sympathy and calling it "realism". Grace's life is hard - almost unimaginable to our modern sensibilities - but she still has people who care for her, moments of fun, and even reasons to hope. And despite the drudgery of millwork, she keeps us eager to find out what happens next.
If you share this story with your children, be sure to go farther. Find a book of Lewis Hines' child labor photos, or go to the Library of Congress website, which has 5,000 of them. Listen to the author's NPR interview, where she talks about her research and discovered the family history of Addie Card, the girl in the photo. And take away from your reading experience a sense of just how much we have to be thankful for.
The ending is satisfying enough to provide some closure, though the author states in her interview that she has some ideas of how the story could continue. Ms. Winthrop, if you're reading this, please give us a sequel - you know you want to!
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