Sue Reid
In spring 1842, Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to escape the fate of a mill girl.
Historical,Historical Fiction,Historical,Childrens,Diary,Childrens,Middle Grade,Fiction,Literature,19th Century
Mill Girl: The Diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester, 1842-1843