
Uprising
by Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2007
Historical fictionChildren's fictionNew york (n.y.), history, fictionJuvenile fictionImmigrantsFactoriesLabor disputesStrikes and lockouts
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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