Description
Galena, an eleven-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant, lives in New York City with her family and works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory with her older sister Anya. The factory pays low wages and has terrible working conditions, making Anya yearn to join a union. Soon a horrible fire guts the factory leaving Galena with painful, horrific memories. Follow author Suzanne Lieurance in this dramatic historical fiction novel, as she describes how Galena uses the support of friends, family, and Jewish traditions to inspire her to fight for workers? rights.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
160 pages
Language
English
Published
Sep 1, 2012
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
1464508224
ISBN-13
9781464508226