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: 9781416911715 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1416911715 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781428764644 (Follett bdg.); 142876464X (Follett bdg.).Other title: Three young women caught in the fire that changed America [Subtitle on cover:].Subject(s): Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Juvenile fiction | Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction | Factories -- Juvenile fiction | Labor disputes -- Juvenile fiction | Strikes and lockouts -- Juvenile fiction | Triangle Shirtwaist Company | Immigrants -- Fiction | Factories -- Fiction | Labor disputes -- Fiction | Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction | Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC 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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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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