Haddix, Margaret Peterson.

Uprising / Margaret Peterson Haddix. - 1st ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007. - 346 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

012 and up.

ISBN: 1416911715 (alk. paper) 9781416911722 (pbk.) 9781416911715 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006034870

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fiction.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Factories--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Labor disputes--Fiction.
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.H1164 / Upr 2007

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]