Lucy Fights the Flames
A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story
Published on 1. August 2019
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-1-4965-8386-4 (ISBN)
Description
It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work--but this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the workers inside.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Kindergarten, Reading Age: From 8 to 10 years, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4965-8386-4 (9781496583864)
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Person
Julie Gilbert has been writing and publishing since the fourth grade, when she stapled together a series of graphic novels about her cat. Julie is the author of the Dark Waters series from Stone Arch Books, as well as several titles in the Girls Survive series. She also has written Cemetery Songs, a novel for young adults. Julie's novels consider themes of identity and belonging, often with a healthy dose of fantasy and magic. She lives with her family in Minnesota.