Ten Cents a Dance
by Christine Fletcher
With her mother ill, it's up to fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski to support her... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2008
Word Count 96,251
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 124612, 14.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Nightclubs--Juvenile fiction
- 20th century
- Family
- Chicago
- Conduct of life--Fiction
- Conduct of life
- Family life--Illinois--Chicago--Fiction
- Families--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile fiction
- Nightclubs
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Dance--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- World War, 1939-1945
- Poverty--Juvenile fiction
- Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction
- Illinois
- History
- Nightclubs--Fiction
- Dance--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction
- Poverty--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction
- Poverty
- Dance
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