Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York CityâÂÂs Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died.
Sixteen-year-old Rose Nolan and her family are grateful to have finally reached America, the great land of opportunity. Their happiness is shattered when part of their family is forced to return to Ireland. Rose wants to succeed and stays in New York with her younger sister Maureen. The sisters struggle to survive and barely do so by working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Then, just as Rose is forming friendships and settling in, a devastating fire forces her, Maureen, and their friends to fight for their lives. Surrounded by pain, tragedy, and ashes, Rose wonders if thereâÂÂs anything left for her in this great land of America.
Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Girls & Women
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Author : Auch, Mary Jane
Language : English
Edition : 58076th
Published :2004-02-10
Number Of Pages : 250
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 044023851X
ISBN-13 : 9780440238515
Item weight : 0.3 lb
Dimensions : 0.7 in x 4.1 in x 6.8 in
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