02598cam a2200373 4500 594318936 TxAuBib 20220728120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781494595449 1494595443 fa8bc874-a922-4f49-8285-ff4ab84ed9dd OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2503254 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wiseman, Ellen Marie. Coal River [Bridges Audiobook]. Tantor Media, Inc., 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 316MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 315MB. Pennsylvania. breaker. mining. boys. As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant by her relatives, Emma works for free in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools while those who owe money are turned away to starve. Most heartrending of all are the breaker boys Emma sees around the village-young children who toil all day sorting coal amid treacherous machinery. Their soot-stained faces remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago, and she begins leaving stolen food on families' doorsteps and marking the miners' bills as paid. Though Emma's actions draw ire from the mine owner and police captain, they lead to an alliance with a charismatic miner who offers to help her expose the truth. As the lines blur between what is legal and what is just, Emma must risk everything to follow her conscience. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. Cooney, C.S.E. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/2503254-CoalRiver.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fa8bc874-a922-4f49-8285-ff4ab84ed9dd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/2503254-CoalRiver.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fa8bc874-a922-4f49-8285-ff4ab84ed9dd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)