Threads and flames

By Esther M. Friesner

Subjects: Historical fiction, Immigrants in fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Labor movement, History, Jews, Juvenile fiction, Triangle Shirtwaist Company in fiction, Voyages and travels, Sick, Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire (1911) fast (OCoLC)fst01355168, Hope, Fiction, Immigrants, Despair, Exploitation, Shtetls, Fire, 1911, Fiction, historical, general, Sisters, Triangle Shirtwaist Company, Jews, fiction, Jews in fiction

Description: After recovering from typhus, thirteen-year-old Raisa leaves her Polish shtetl for America to join her older sister, and goes to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.