Zellie Blake: Massachusetts, 1834 (American Diaries)
By Kathleen Duey.
Description
Lowell, Massachusetts, February 1834 Mrs. Gird is still asking me to spy on the girls for her. I don't want to do it....I don't think I can refuse to try. Grandmamma has died and Zellie has no other family. She desperately needs her job with mean-spirited Mrs. Gird, who runs a boardinghouse for the girls who work at the textile mills. When Mrs. Gird tells Zellie to eavesdrop and report what she hears, Zellie is surprised. The girls' conversations seem ordinary to her. Then Zellie finds a puzzling list in one of the girls' rooms. A hidden note and whispers in the da...
ISBN(s)
0689844050, 9780689844058
