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Golden Kite Award of the Society of Childrens Book Writers Best Books for Young Adults (American Library Association) Best Books of the Year (School Library Journal) Books of the Year (Child St)

A suspenseful story, The Tempering is w... More

Golden Kite Award of the Society of Childrens Book Writers Best Books for Young Adults (American Library Association) Best Books of the Year (School Library Journal) Books of the Year (Child St)

A suspenseful story, The Tempering is woven around Karl and his two friends Jame and Andy. The jealousy, suspicion, and ethnic tensions in a small town are realistically depictedwhere the fear of losing jobs, the fear of losing life and limb in mill accidents, and the fear of the towns wealthy bosses are as real as the smoke-clogged skies. Young readers will also learn of bad working conditions and poor wages in the pre-union working world of the early twentieth-century, as welictedwhere the fear of losing jobs, the fear of losing life and limb in mill accidents, and the fear of the towns wealthy bosses are as real as the smoke-clogged skies. Young readers will also learn of bad working conditions and poor wages in the pre-union working world of the early twentieth-century, as well as the love, kinship, and neighborhood decency forged amidst these conditions.

The Tempering encourages further study in Pennsylvania history, labor relations, and immigration. Though the steel mills of Duquesne were leveled in the 1980s, young readers will gain an understanding of how strength and spirit created and sustained a community of people who lived, worked, and died with the making of steel.