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by Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Scholastic Inc., (New York :) Physical details: 346 p. ; 20 cm. Subject(s): Triangle Shirtwaist Company --Fiction. | Triangle Shirtwaist Company --Fire, 1911 --Fiction. | Immigrants --Fiction. | Factories --Fiction. | Labor disputes --Fiction. | Strikes and lockouts --Fiction. | New York (N.Y.) --History --1898-1951 --Fiction. | Young adult fiction. Year : 2007 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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Kinkora Regional High School F HAD Available

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.