My Bet

For someone, life as a newsie probably isn't the dream come true. The job is horribly paid, you work all day out in the sun and you have to deal with people not being so nice to you. Also, you have to put your mind to work when coming up with headlines because them newspaper folks can't come up with anything good half the time. Oh, and you have to share a run-down building with many boys. Simply said that life is not a paradise on Earth. But for Elizabeth Saunders that life was more than she could ever ask for. It was her best bet at a better life. Well, until some people decided to mess around with poor newsies and forced them to go on strike. How does Elizabeth cope with so many changes around her when she feels trapped in a web of iniquity? And how does she cope with her pestering feelings for one of the newsboys? Also what happens after the strike is over?