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Ten cents a dance / Christine Fletcher.

Fletcher, Christine, 1964- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781599905006 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1599905000 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 pages)
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books : [2010]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 275).
Summary, etc.: 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.
Target Audience Note: 630 Lexile.

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Subject: Dance > Juvenile fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Genre: Young adult fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Electronic books.

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