| Bread and Roses, Too | |
| Author: | Katherine Paterson |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's historical novel |
| Publisher: | Clarion Books |
| Release Date: | September 4, 2006 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages: | 288 (hardcover edition) |
| Isbn: | 978-0-618-65479-6 |
| Congress: | PZ7.P273 Bq 2006 |
Bread and Roses, Too is a 2006 children's historical novel written by American novelist Katherine Paterson. Set in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 in the aftermath of the Lawrence Textile Strike (also known as the Bread and Roses Strike), the book focuses on the Italian-born daughter of mill workers who finds herself becoming the protector of a boy who is afraid to return home to his abusive father.[1] [2]