Pub Date: January 18, 2011
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006034870
Lexile Code: 0790
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to 15
Physical Info: 0.98" H x 8.24" L x 5.56" W ( 0.62 lbs) 352 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States 20th Century | Social Themes | Emigration Immigration and Refugees | Friendship
Description: Newly arrived in New York City, Bella is desperate to send money home to her family in Italy, and becomes one of the hundreds of workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. But one fateful March night in 1911, a spark ignites some cloth in the factory, resulting in a fire that will become one of the worst workplace disasters in history.
Brief description: Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including the Children of Exile series, The Missing series, the Under Their Skin series, and the Shadow Children series. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for The Indianapolis News. She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her at HaddixBooks.com.
Review Quotes: “A compelling message about labor, sacrifice, and the price of freedom in America.”—"Publishers Weekly"