Bowery girl / Kim Taylor.
By: Taylor, Kim.
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BookPublisher: New York : Viking, 2006Description: 225 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780670059669 (trade bdg.); 0670059668 (trade bdg.).Subject(s): Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction | Prostitutes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction | Poverty -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction | Social settlements -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction | Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction | Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction | Prostitutes -- Fiction | Poverty -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Social settlements -- Fiction | Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Criminals -- Fiction | Prostitutes -- Fiction | Poverty -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Social settlements -- Fiction | Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction | Historical fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: [Fic] Summary: Two orphaned teenage girls in New York's tenements in 1883 realize that their dream of saving enough money to move to Brooklyn across the newly-built bridge may be achieved if they learn new trades at a nearby settlement house, rather than continuing their lives of prostitution and stealing.
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Two orphaned teenage girls in New York's tenements in 1883 realize that their dream of saving enough money to move to Brooklyn across the newly-built bridge may be achieved if they learn new trades at a nearby settlement house, rather than continuing their lives of prostitution and stealing.
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