As 14-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings. She is a dressmaker, but this is no ordinary sewing workshop. Hers are no ordinary clients. Ella has joined the seamstresses of Birkenau-Auschwitz, as readers may recognise it. Every dress she makes could mean the difference between life and death. And this place is all about survival. Ella seeks refuge from this reality, and...

Chinese American Zia helps her mom tell her classmates about her job as a seamstress through translation.

"Every Halloween, it's the same thing! Charlotte the little witch has to honor tradition and put on her scariest costume. But this year, Charlotte doesn't want to be scary. She wants to wear something that reflects who she is. To make that happen, she enlists the help of her best friends and of her beloved grandmother, a gifted seamstress. Will Charlotte find the perfect costume? Better yet, will she be able to start her own Halloween tradition?"--...

In 1880s New York, Bertie is given work as a seamstress, and is able to create exquisite evening gowns overnight with the help of a man from her tenement named Ray Stalls. When Ray asks for her firstborn child as repayment, Bertie never dreams that he is serious.