{"product_id":"margaret-knight-joanne-friar-9780692246122","title":"Margaret Knight: Girl Inventor","description":"During the mid-1800s, thousands of girls and boys worked all day, six days a week, in textile mills around the country. One of the biggest mills was Amoskeag, in New Hampshire. This was the mill where young Margaret Knight and her family worked. Like her coworkers, Margaret was deeply troubled by the dangerous looms and deadly accidents that occurred so often. Margaret determined to invent something to make the looms safer. But in 1850, it wasn't easy for a twelve-year-old girl to prove she could make a difference. This story of a brave girl inventor was a 2002 National Council of Social Studies\/Children's Book Council Notable Trade Book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Friar, Marlene Targ Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692246126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692246122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mtb Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Joanne Friar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059506442495,"sku":"9780692246122","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fff6a022-69bc-437f-af53-8d0c39fb808d.jpg?v=1685058639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/margaret-knight-joanne-friar-9780692246122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}