January 1905

By Katharine Boling

Subjects: Twins, Family life, fiction, Families, Child labor, Fiction, Children's fiction, Sisters, fiction, Sisters, Juvenile fiction, Twins, fiction, Family life, United states, history, 20th century, fiction

Description: In a 1905 mill town, eleven-year-old twin sisters, Pauline, who goes to work with the rest of the family, and Arlene, whose crippled foot keeps her home doing the cooking, cleaning, and washing, are convinced that the other sister has an easier life until a series of incidents helps them see each other in a new light.