The Unknown Newsie
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Last published Mon, May 25, 2020
Freckles O'Leary was a girl of mystery. Noboddy knew her backstory, but her best friend Charlotte. Where she lived? Well, she was a newsie from Brooklyn Heights, a small little town. Not too far from Brooklyn, she was also friends with the King Of Brooklyn himself! But heres something really unusual, her borough is ALL GIRLS! Shocker I know! But when Pulitzer raises the price of the newspaper will she join the strike? Who knows! Read the journey of Freckles and the newsboy strike of 1899.
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