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Ten Cents a Dance

Book Description
With her mother ill, it's up to fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski to support her family. But in the 1940s, the only opportunities open to a Polish-American girl from Chicago's poor Yards is a job in one of the meat packing plants. Through a chance meeting with a local tough, Ruby lands a job as a taxi dancer and soon becomes an expert in the art of "fishing": working her patrons for meals, cash, clot... More
Book Information
PublisherBloomsbury USA Children's Books
BindingHardcover (4 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages368
ISBN-10B005K5Z23A
Publication Date04/01/2008
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About Christine Fletcher (Author) : Christine Fletcher is a published author of young adult books. Published credits of Christine Fletcher include Ten Cents a Dance, Tallulah Falls.
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