Coal River

This eye-opening novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Collector delivers “a spot-on portrayal of a dark time in American history” ( Historical Novel Society , Editor’s Choice).   Ellen Marie Wiseman draws readers into the Pennsylvania mining operations of the early 20th century—where children had no choice but to work in deadly conditions . . . or face starvation.   As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to