Audacity Contributor(s): Crowder, Melanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0147512492 ISBN-13: 9780147512499 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1120 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.80 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 179348 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A 2015 National Jewish Book Award finalist The inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, Audacity is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemlich, a spirited young woman who emigrated from Russia to New York at the turn of the twentieth century and fought tenaciously for equal rights. Bucking the norms of both her traditional Jewish family and societal conventions, Clara refuses to accept substandard working conditions in the factories on Manhattan's Lower East Side. For years, Clara devotes herself to the labor fight, speaking up for those who suffer in silence. In time, Clara convinces the women in the factories to strike, organize, and unionize, culminating in the famous Uprising of the 20,000.
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