On Our Way to Oyster Bay: Mother Jones and Her March for Children’s Rights

This fictionalized account centers on Mother Jones’s 1903 protest march against child labor. Aidan and Gussie work in a Pennsylvania cotton mill rather than attending school, and they join the march from Philadelphia to New York City. Across sixteen days, the story follows the practical details of their journey and presents Mother Jones as a campaigner for ordinary workers’ rights. The children’s unfamiliar experiences on the road contrast with their daily lives at the mill.