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Bowling, Katharine.
JANUARY 1905
Orlando : Harcourt, 2004.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0152051198
Pauline and Arlene are twins.  But they are nothing alike.  The year is 1905 and each day, Pauline must get up early and set off to work in the mill.  But Arlene must stay home and do all the household chores while the rest of the family labors in the mill.  Pauline believes that Arlene has the easy job.  And, of course, Arlene believes that Pauline has the easy job.  Will these girls ever realize that they are not really all that different?
SUBJECTS:     Child labor -- Fiction.
                        Sisters -- Fiction.
                        Twins -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Fiction.

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