Fletcher, Christine, 1964-

Ten cents a dance / Christine Fletcher. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008. - 356 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 356).

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.

ISBN: 9781599901640 (alk. paper) 1599901641 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007050737

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dance--Fiction.
Nightclubs--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Family life--Illinois--Chicago--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.F62778 / Ten 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]