
Part of the My Name is America series
A young newsboy joins a strike against powerful publishers in 1899 Manhattan.
In 1899 Manhattan, young Finn Reardon faces a daunting challenge after his father's death. To support his family, he sells newspapers, but when publishers Hearst and Pulitzer raise prices, Finn and his fellow newsboys must unite. As they strike against these giants, will their courage be enough to change their fate? Dive into this gripping tale of resilience and rebellion.
When his father dies, Finn Reardon must support his family by selling newspapers on the streets of Manhattan, where he finds himself in the middle of the Newsie Strike of 1899. When Finn Reardon’s father dies, he decides to support his mother and eight siblings by peddling newspapers on the streets corners of New York City. But when the two biggest newspaper publishers, Hearst and Pulitzer, raise the wholesale price that Finn and his friends pay for the papers they sell, the boys band together and go on strike. Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings humor and wit to this classic David and Goliath struggle between the Newsies and the newspaper publishers.
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