Ten Cents A Dance

This book is about Ruby, a fifteen year old girl growing up in the Great Depression. Her father deceased, and her mother unable to find work due to illness, Ruby leaves school to work in a factory. At a local dance she meets badboy Paulie, who tips her off on how to make more money: dancing, one of Ruby's favorite pastimes. Except that this isn't dancing swing with her friends, but dancing with unknown men, at night. The job is not considered "respectable," so Ruby must hide her work from her mother. And, her relationship with Paulie.