Ten Cents a Dance

By Christine Fletcher

Subjects: Nightclubs, Poverty, Families, Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.), Family, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Dance, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, History, Family life

Description: In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.