| The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Contributor(s): Lieurance, Suzanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 076602928X ISBN-13: 9780766029286 Publisher: Enslow Publishing OUR PRICE: $30.33 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: Galena, an eleven-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant, lives in New York City with her family and works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory with her older sister Anya. The factory pays low wages and has terrible working conditions, making Anya yearn to join a union. Soon a horrible fire guts the factory leaving Galena with painful, horrific memories. Follow author Suzanne Lieurance in this dramatic historical fiction novel, as she describes how Galena uses the support of friends, family, and Jewish traditions to inspire her to fight for workers rights. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007005281 |
| Series: Historical Fiction Adventures (Library) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.01" W x 8.34" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 121636 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |