Summary of Bread and Roses Too

The novel, Bread and Roses Too, is a story written by Katherine Paterson in 2006. This book takes you through the hard life of a young child, named Rosa, during the Bread and Roses strike of the mill workers of 1912. This story took place in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and displays the different hardships that had to be overcome the Bread and Roses Strike. Rosa is a young child who is living through the highest peaks of the strike of the mill workers, and she is not sure what to think of it. Confused by all the commotion, she stays close to her most authoritative figure in her life, her mother. When Rosa figures out that her mother is approving and supporting this strike, Rosa has concerns for her mother and why she is doing what she is doing. In response, Rosa creates her own strike against going to school to show her mother that if she continues to strike, then Rosa will continue not to go to school. Working and getting a good education were two very important things Rosa’s family valued, so it seemed very easy to Rosa that she would be able to get her mom back to working by striking against going to school. When this didn’t even make Rosa’s mother think about going back to work, Rosa realized this is a much bigger problem that she first imagined. Through out the story, Rosa meets different people and friends that would help her outlast the rough and dangerous conditions in Lawrence during the Bread and Roses strike of 1912. Rosa will try to find what is best for her, her friends, and most importantly her family. A character in this story that was one of my favorites is Jake. Jake is also a young child, but has so true family to go home to everyday. He barely provided with enough clothes, food, and shelter to live his own everyday life. Jake is a self-reliant kid who finds himself stealing many things for his own good. In my opinion, for the situation Jake is in, and the reason for why he steals, I don’t see him as a bad kid for stealing. In my eyes, he is a bad