Uprising / Margaret Peterson Haddix.
by Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
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BookPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007Description: 346 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 1416911715.Other title: Subtitle on cover: Three young women caught in the fire that changed America.Subject(s): Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fiction | Immigrants -- Fiction | Factories -- Fiction | Labor disputes -- Fiction | Strikes -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction | Historical fictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008
School Library Journal, September 2007
Publisher's Weekly, September 2007
Booklist, September 2007
Horn Book, April 2008
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2007
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2008
Kirkus Review, September 2007
Library Media Connection, January 2008
Multicultural Review, March 2008
In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 14.0 117966
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