Textile Mills in YA & Middle Grade Fiction

1.
Bread and Roses, Too
Bread and Roses, Too 3.78 avg rating — 2,685 ratings
2.
Lyddie
Lyddie 3.62 avg rating — 7,233 ratings
3.
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 3.75 avg rating — 5,448 ratings
4.
The Blue Door (Quilt Trilogy, #3)
The Blue Door (Quilt Trilogy, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 847 ratings
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Counting on Grace
Counting on Grace 3.88 avg rating — 1,461 ratings
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Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Samantha, #2)
Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Samantha, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 8,618 ratings
7.
Turn Homeward, Hannalee
Turn Homeward, Hannalee 3.88 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
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The Bobbin Girl
The Bobbin Girl 3.81 avg rating — 170 ratings
9.
Spindle River
Spindle River 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Poppy's Secret
Poppy's Secret 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Mermaid in the Millpond
The Mermaid in the Millpond 3.89 avg rating — 355 ratings
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A Curse Dark as Gold
A Curse Dark as Gold 3.61 avg rating — 13,906 ratings
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Comrades For The Charter
Comrades For The Charter 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
11.
Midnight is a Place
Midnight is a Place 3.96 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Mill Worker!: A Grueling Job You'd Rather Not Have
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Mill Worker!: A Grueling Job You'd Rather Not Have 3.87 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Cher Journal : À la sueur de mon front: Flore Rutherford, 11 ans, enfant-ouvrière, Almonte, Ontario, 1887
Cher Journal : À la sueur de mon front: Flore Rutherford, 11 ans, enfant-ouvrière, Almonte, Ontario, 1887 3.77 avg rating — 674 ratings
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Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford
Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford 3.77 avg rating — 674 ratings
18.
Search of the Moon King's Daughter
Search of the Moon King's Daughter 4.01 avg rating — 400 ratings
19.
Voyage of the Continental
Voyage of the Continental 3.33 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Into the Storm (Beyond the Western Sea, #2)
Into the Storm (Beyond the Western Sea, #2)
by: Avi
3.91 avg rating — 593 ratings
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Someday the Sun Will Shine Again
Someday the Sun Will Shine Again really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Whispering Road
The Whispering Road 3.81 avg rating — 459 ratings
22.
Making Waves
Making Waves 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
24.
The Escape from Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1)
The Escape from Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1)
by: Avi
3.83 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
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Out of the Shadow
Out of the Shadow liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
26.
One Proud Summer
One Proud Summer liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
26.
Whistle as You Walk Away: 8-10 Years
Whistle as You Walk Away: 8-10 Years 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
28.
Halfway Down Paddy Lane
Halfway Down Paddy Lane 4.01 avg rating — 87 ratings
28.
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 4.06 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
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A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind
A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
30.
January 1905: A Novel
January 1905: A Novel 3.60 avg rating — 117 ratings
32.
The black lamp
The black lamp 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
32.
Factory Girl
Factory Girl 3.98 avg rating — 283 ratings
34.
The Gate in the Wall
The Gate in the Wall really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77 ratings
34.
Moonlight and Mill Whistles
Moonlight and Mill Whistles liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
36.
Thimbles
Thimbles 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
37.
Bright Promise
Bright Promise 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
38.
Trouble at the Mill
Trouble at the Mill 3.56 avg rating — 41 ratings
39.
The Skelton Girl
The Skelton Girl liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
40.
Dark Thread
Dark Thread 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Mill Girl: The Diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester, 1842-1843
Mill Girl: The Diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester, 1842-1843
by: Sue Reid
3.64 avg rating — 492 ratings
42.
Historical Storybooks: Annie - the Story of a Victorian Mill Girl (Historical Storybooks)
Historical Storybooks: Annie - the Story of a Victorian Mill Girl (Historical Storybooks) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
43.
Joanna
Joanna 3.71 avg rating — 289 ratings
44.
Zellie Blake: Massachusetts, 1834
Zellie Blake: Massachusetts, 1834 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
45.
Trouble at Lachine Mill
Trouble at Lachine Mill 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Farmer's Daughter, Miller's Son
Farmer's Daughter, Miller's Son 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
47.
Chasing the Nightbird
Chasing the Nightbird 3.36 avg rating — 86 ratings
48.
Living Freight
Living Freight 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings