YOU WOULDNT WANT TO WORK IN A VICTORIAN MILL (PB)

It is 1842 and Britain is the "workshop of the world". Cotton mills rise above the smoky streets of Manchester, their machines clattering day and night. At eleven years old, you are bound to work long hours in one of them. From the workhouse to the spinning room, this gripping second-person narrative plunges readers into the harsh reality of child labour during the Industrial Revolution. Filled with comic illustrations, vivid historical detail and dark humour, this book explores the global cotton trade, urban poverty and the fight for workers' rights.