Lucy fights the flames, a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story
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Lucy fights the flames, a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Lucy fights the flames
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Girls survive
Sub title
a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story
Summary
In 1911, fourteen-year-old Lucy Morelli lives with her parents, older brother, and several younger siblings in a crowded apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Lucy dreams of going to college, but her Italian immigrant family relies heavily on her income from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to survive. Lucy finds the factory work boring, but the working conditions are better than many other jobs. But when Lucy and her best friend, Rosie, head to work one Saturday in March, everything changes. Fire breaks out in the factory, and the doors are locked, trapping hundreds of workers inside. Lucy must battle the flames to save her own life - and Rosie's. Readers can learn the real story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, one of the deadliest industrial disaster's in U.S. history, from the nonfiction backmatter in this Girls Survive story. A glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided
Target audience
juvenile
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Creator
Subject
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Electronic books
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- Italian American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Fiction
- Italian Americans -- Fiction
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification2
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject13
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Electronic books
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- Italian American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Fiction
- Italian Americans -- Fiction
- Content1
- Author1