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Ten cents a dance / Christine Fletcher.

Author: Fletcher, Christine, 1964-

Edition: 1st U.S. ed.

Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.

ISBN: 9781599901640 (hardcover)
1599901641 (hardcover)

Description: 356 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject: Dance Juvenile fiction.
Nightclubs Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life Juvenile fiction.
Poverty Juvenile fiction.
Family Illinois Chicago Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 Juvenile fiction.
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 Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) History 20th century Fiction.

Summary: 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.

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