Fire at the Triangle Factory (A Carolrhoda On My Own Book)

Littlefield, Holly; illustrations by Mary O'Keefe Young

ISBN 10: 0876148682 / ISBN 13: 9780876148686

Published by Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996

About this Item

Description: This is from the Carolrhoda Creative Minds series of biographies of fact-based novels The stories are related in short, illustrated chapter books. Interior black and white illustrations and dust jacket art by Mary O'Keefe Young. This tells a story of two fourteen year old girls who are sewing machine operators at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City, and are caught in the Triangle fire of 1911. BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards (the cover illustrations are the same as the jacket); reinforced binding; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket. 8.75 inches tall by 6.25 inches wide. 48 pages.

Seller Inventory # 061628

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fire at the Triangle Factory (A Carolrhoda On My Own Book)
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876148682
• ISBN 13: 9780876148686
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: 1st Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's and Juvenile Books

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Synopsis

Two fourteen-year-old girls, sewing machine operators at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, are caught in the famous Triangle fire of 1911

Reviews

Grade 3-5?This is a story of two fictional young girls who become involved in a real-life tragedy. On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company went up in flames, killing 146 workers, some of whom were as young as 14. Minnie, a Jewish girl, and Tessa, an Italian Catholic, are friends and coworkers at the factory. Littlefield relates the historical events through these likable characters with whom youngsters will easily identify. She creates the mood with an earnest writing style. The girls' different backgrounds are handled in a natural way, and at the end readers are left with the feeling that these young women may have taught their elders a lesson in friendship. The colorful illustrations complement the text and follow the story nicely. The text is large and easy to read. A good addition.?William C. Heckman, Lake Forest Elementary, Hollywood, FL
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Gr. 4^-6. Minnie and Tessa have worked together in the shirtwaist factory since they were only 10 years old and needed to hide from the inspector. Now, at 14, they are old enough to work, and both operate sewing machines to help their families scrape together a living. In 1911 New York City, Jewish Minnie and Catholic Tessa can only be friends at the factory, but this friendship pays off when the famous and tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire takes the lives of many of their coworkers and threatens theirs. The story builds in suspense as the girls help each other in their struggle to escape from the burning factory. The numerous, large color drawings by Mary O'Keefe Young are a wonderful asset to the story, which young readers will find exciting as well as touching. Susan DeRonne