ABOUT THIS BOOK

Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died.

Sixteen-year-old Rose Nolan and her family are grateful to have finally reached America, the great land of opportunity. Their happiness is shattered when part of their family is forced to return to Ireland. Rose wants to succeed and stays in New York with her younger sister Maureen. The sisters struggle to survive and barely do so by working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Then, just as Rose is forming friendships and settling in, a devastating fire forces her, Maureen, and their friends to fight for their lives. Surrounded by pain, tragedy, and ashes, Rose wonders if there’s anything left for her in this great land of America.


REVIEWS

“Fast-paced, populated by distinctive characters, and anchored in Auch’s convincing sense of time and place.”—School Library Journal

“The facts are riveting. . . . A good addition to women’s history titles.”—Booklist, Boxed Review


AWARDS

WINNER 2003 - ALA Best Books for Young Adults
NOMINEE 2005 - Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
NOMINEE 2005 - Iowa Teen Book Award
NOMINEE 2004 - Maryland--Black-Eyed Susan Children's Book List



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