These Hands

These Hands
ISBN-10
0547215665
ISBN-13
9780547215662
Series
These Hands
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author
Margaret H. Mason

Description

An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Based on stories of bakery union workers; includes historical note.

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