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Ten Cents a Dance

by Christine Fletcher
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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, clothes, even jewelry. Drawn ever deeper into the world of dance halls, jazz, and the mob, Ruby gradually realizes that the only one who can save her is herself. A mesmerizing look into a little known world and era. The critically acclaimed novel about a young woman's journey from immigrant slums to the hottest jazz clubs. Christine Fletcher grew up in California. After receiving her veterinary degree from the University of California, she lived for three years in the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee. She writes, teaches, and practices veterinary medicine in Portland, OR. www.christinefletcherbooks.com

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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  • ISBN: 9781599905006
  • Release date: September 24, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9781599905006
  • File size: 564 KB
  • Release date: September 24, 2010
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subjects

Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.2
Lexile® Measure:630
Interest Level:9-12(UG)

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, clothes, even jewelry. Drawn ever deeper into the world of dance halls, jazz, and the mob, Ruby gradually realizes that the only one who can save her is herself. A mesmerizing look into a little known world and era. The critically acclaimed novel about a young woman's journey from immigrant slums to the hottest jazz clubs. Christine Fletcher grew up in California. After receiving her veterinary degree from the University of California, she lived for three years in the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee. She writes, teaches, and practices veterinary medicine in Portland, OR. www.christinefletcherbooks.com

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Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature