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labor and hardship

Books about labor and hardship for readers of all ages.

Cover of Messenger

Messenger

Virginia Frances Schwartz

Ages 10–15coming-of-agecultural identity

Cover of Shadows in the glasshouse

Shadows in the glasshouse

Megan McDonald

Ages 9–13historyindentured servitude