Product Description

In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to escape the fate of a mill girl...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10821 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

There isn't a better way to learn a slice of history!
This is a fab read!
I picked this book when I started tracing my family history and wanted to learn about what life would have been like for a child in the mill industry at that time.
Incredible the way it is written and a nice quick read that you won't want to put it down!
For children it will give them a slice of history in a way that makes it easily understandible for them. Both my parents have also read the book and thoroughly enjoyed it!
when you have read this you will want to read the series. There is a series for girls and also a boys series.

A great book
'Mill girl'is a great book and I really enjoyed reading it.It's filled with interesting facts. The auther makes you feel like you're really there. The book is about a girl who is so poor she has to work at the mill instead of going to school.You feel really sorry for her but it's a happy ending. If you read this book you won't be disappointed.

review from an eight year old
Mill Girl is a brilliant book for all ages as i am only eight years old. i am not into history at all but the mill girl made it really exciting and i cant wait to read Titanic and The Hunger. Read it now!