Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance
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Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
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In 1901, young teen-ager Mable accompanies her older sister who is beginning employment as a schoolteachers in Canada, as her pupil and assistant. She also gets involved with a woman who leads a strike of the woman workers at the local cheese-making factory. The book is written as her diary of that time - it also includes a romantic story she is writing and sending by chapters to her friend back home.