02113cam a2200469 i 4500 386120722 TxAuBib 20190709120000.0 151110s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015043089 9781628998214 1628998210 TxAuBib rda Wiseman, Ellen Marie,. Coal river / Ellen Marie Wiseman. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2016. 494 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Center Point Large Print Edition Women's Fiction Originally published: Kensington, 2015. Includes reader's guide. Includes bibliographical references (page 489). "An historical novel that explores one young woman's determination to put an end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town"-- Provided by publisher. As a child Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless, she travels back to the rough-hewn community where she is treated like a servant by her relatives, working for free in the company store. Miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools, while those who owe money are turned away to starve. As the lines blur between what is legal and what is just, Emma must risk everything to follow her conscience. 20190709. Orphans Fiction. Child labor Fiction. Miners Fiction. Child labor. Large type books. Miners. Orphans. Large Print - fiction. Historical fiction. Large type books. Historical fiction. Fiction. Center Point Large Print Edition Women's Fiction.