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Can I read Tales of young Americans : Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade : a Thanksgiving story on EtoBox?
Tales of young Americans : Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade : a Thanksgiving story by Trinka Hakes Noble & illustrated by David C. Gardner is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tales of young Americans : Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade : a Thanksgiving story about?
In 1918 a deadly influenza epidemic was sweeping across America. The pandemic ravaged families, leaving thousands of children as orphans. But in the tenement apartments of New York City's Lower East Side, one young girl is determined to keep her family safe. While her mother is sick with consumption, nine-year-old Loretta (Rettie) Stanowski does all the cleaning, washing, shopping, and cooking for her family. To earn money, she washes rags for the rag picker and cleans the halls and stairways of
Who reads Tales of young Americans : Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade : a Thanksgiving story?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Trinka Hakes Noble & illustrated by David C. Gardner
- Publisher
- Sleeping Bear Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781534103238
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Children'S, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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