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Ashes of Roses
Ashes of Roses
Author: Mary Jane Auch
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780440238515
ISBN-10: 044023851X
Publication Date: 2/10/2004
Pages: 256
Reading Level: Young Adult
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  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 4
This is an interesting book. It was a novel that you wouldn't mind if it were a couple of hundred pages longer. It's about an Irish immigrant who comes to New York. She finds work at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory a few weeks before the fire. It's a quick read and I finished it in a few hours.
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I absolutely loved this book! Every student (5th to 8th)that I have recommended it to has felt the same way.
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