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Factory Girl
Written by Josanne La Valley
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A workplace survival story, this gritty, poignant account focuses on Roshen, a courageous teenage factory worker in China, and illuminates the value, and cost, of freedom.
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Josanne La Valley
Josanne LaValley traveled across the Taklamakan Desert to the Hotan region of China, where she spent time among the Uyghur. The recipient of an MFA in writing children's books from Vermont College, Ms. LaValley lives in New York City.
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