Ten cents a dance
By: Christine Fletcher.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599901640
Subjects: Dance -- Fiction; Nightclubs -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Poverty -- Fiction; Family life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction; World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction; Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.