Uprising

Around her the workers were screaming out prayers and curses.... She herself was sobbing tearlessly.... Her only prayer was still, "I don't want to die."

Oh, please, God, don't let me die, she thought. I've never even had a chance to live.

Bella, newly arrived in New York from Italy, gets a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. There, along with hundreds of other immigrants, she works long hours at a grueling job under terrible conditions. Yetta, a coworker from Russia, has been crusading for a union, and when factory conditions worsen, she helps workers rise up in a strike. Wealthy Jane learns of the plight of the workers and becomes involved with their cause.

Bella and Yetta are at work -- and Jane is visiting the factory -- on March 25, 1911, when a spark ignites some cloth and the building is engulfed in fire, leading to one of the worst workplace disasters ever.

Margaret Peterson Haddix draws on extensive historical research to bring the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to tangible life through her thrilling story of Bella, Yetta, and Jane.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/25/2007
ISBN: 9781416911715
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.82w x 1.17d
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Second Place
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citations: School Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 196
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2007 pg. 930
Kliatt 09/01/2007 pg. 13
Publishers Weekly 09/24/2007 pg. 73
Booklist 09/15/2007 pg. 66
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2007 pg. 172 - Recommended
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 91 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Multicultural Review 03/01/2008 pg. 85
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2008 pg. 142 - Recommended - Better Than Most

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 117966 / Uprising
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 14