Days of toil and tears : the child labour diary of Flora Rutherford / by Sarah Ellis.

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Ellis, Sarah

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Dear CanadaPublication details: Toronto : Scholastic Canada, c2008.Description: 219 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN:

9780439955942 (hc.)
0439955947 (hc.)

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Days of toil & tears : the child labour diary of Flora Rutherford
Child labour diary of Flora Rutherford

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Summary: A fictional diary of a young girl in Almonte, Ontario, set in 1887. After moving out of an orphanage and in with her aunt, Flora begins to work at the mill, enduring long hours and dangerous machinery. The book provides young readers with history on the Canadian textile industry and child labour at the turn of the 19th century.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Pathways	FIC DEA CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		I0000000047712
Books	Pathways	FIC DEA CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		I0000000081448
Books	Pathways	FIC DEA CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	3	Checked out	06/09/2025	I0000000091546

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A fictional diary of a young girl in Almonte, Ontario, set in 1887. After moving out of an orphanage and in with her aunt, Flora begins to work at the mill, enduring long hours and dangerous machinery. The book provides young readers with history on the Canadian textile industry and child labour at the turn of the 19th century.

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