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New York : Farrar, Straus,
IL K-3, RL 3.4
was Mary Smith? Well, Mary Smith was the town's knocker up.
Have you ever heard that expression? Back in the days before alarm
clocks, people needed a way to wake up in the morning. Factory work
and other types of work often started before dawn so it was important to
have someone to wake people up. For a few pennies a week, the knocker
up would go from house to house and tap on the windows to wake people up.
Mary, though, had a unique way of getting her clients up in the morning!
This book is based on the life of the real Mary Smith who lived in England.
City and town life -- Fiction.
Sleep -- Fiction.
Morning -- Fiction.
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