Title: Ten Cents a Dance
Description: In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Conduct of life, World War, 1939-1945, History, Dance, Nightclubs, Poverty, Family life, Family, Families, Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
Places: Chicago (Ill.), Illinois, Chicago
Time periods: 20th century