Bibliograph

Lucy fights the flames, a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire survival story, by Julie Gilbert ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio

Type

Label

Lucy fights the flames, a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire survival story, by Julie Gilbert ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lucy fights the flames

Oclc number

1084628037

Responsibility statement

by Julie Gilbert ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio

Series statement

Girls survive

Sub title

a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire survival story

Summary

It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work--but this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the workers inside

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification

Contributor