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.

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/25/2007
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.82w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9781416911715
Audience: Young Adult

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


Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Second Place
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author
Haddix, Margaret Peterson: - 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.