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Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
78 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.
Author
Series
Charlie Joe Jackson spinoffs volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tired of being forced to participate in sports and take extra lessons and tutoring to become well-rounded in anticipation of college, middle-schooler Jack Strong stages a sit-in on his couch until his parents ease up.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.
5) Uprising
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
10 CDs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
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