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Ashes of Roses
Ashes of Roses
Author: M. J. Auch
The honest and compelling story of a young girl's newfound independence, from her entrance into a new country to her frightening involvement in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911.My heart filled with fear and hope at the same time. I had the feeling that I was brought to America for a purpose. Something important would happ...  more »

I remembered the words of the poem, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses . . ."

"Here we are, America," I whispered. "We're just exactly what you ordered."

When she arrives on Ellis Island as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, Rose Nolan is looking for a land of opportunities; what she finds is far from all she'd dreamed. Stubborn and tenacious, she refuses to give up. Left alone to fend for herself and her younger sister, Rose is thrust into a hard-knock life of tenements and factory work.

When the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 rushes into Rose's life, her confusions are brought to an all-too-painful head. To whom and to what can she turn when everything around her is in ashes?
ISBN-13: 9780805066869
ISBN-10: 0805066861
Publication Date: 5/1/2002
Pages: 256
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
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4.1 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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This is a true story and i found it heartbreaking as well as interesting. The things some of these immigrants had
to endure, is so sad.
This book is a library book, and i did recieve it from pps
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