{"product_id":"ashes-of-roses-9780312535803","title":"Ashes of Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Rose Nolan arrives on Ellis Island as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, she is looking for a land of opportunities; what she finds is far from all she'd dreamed. Stubborn and tenacious, she refuses to give up. Left alone to fend for herself and her younger sister, Rose is thrust into a hard-knock life of tenements and factory work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut even as she struggles, Rose finds small bright points in her new life--at the movies with her working friends and in the honest goals of her mentor, Gussie. Still, after her exhausting days as a working girl, Rose must face the confusion of balancing her need for simple fun with her more wary feelings about joining Gussie in her fight for better working conditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 rushes into Rose's life, her confusions are brought to an all-too-painful head. To whom and to what can she turn when everything around her is in ashes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharp, poignant, and stirringly real, MJ Auch has written a powerful historical novel that is hard to put down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mj Auch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312535803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e59702 \/ Ashes of Roses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMJ Auch\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOne-Handed Catch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAshes of Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWing Nut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuitar Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other books for young readers. She lives in upstate New York with her family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mj Auch \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792836182173,"sku":"9780312535803","price":28.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_707a6fd3-abda-47f5-b48f-e9ac0e5dae79.jpg?v=1774982895","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ashes-of-roses-9780312535803","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}