TY - GEN AU - Oldfield, Pamela TI - Workhouse T2 - My Story SN - 9781407104805 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Scholastic KW - Diaries and Journals KW - Juvenile Literature KW - Orphans KW - Strong Girls KW - Historical Fiction N2 - It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn into Rosie's wild schemes and both their lives are never the same again ER -