| Touched by Fire Contributor(s): Watts, Irene N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 177049524X ISBN-13: 9781770495241 Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 166637 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Let them burn. They're a lot of cattle anyway. A factory-owner's response regarding the use of fire drills in March 1911. Touched by Fire, Irene N. Watt's exquisite new novel, explores one family's journey as they flee from the pogroms of Russia in 1905, where the Cossacks burn villages to the ground, to Berlin, Germany, where Jews have a hard time living and working in peace, to the streets of the Lower East Side in New York. Teenage Miriam gives a first-hand account of the excitement everyone feels about going to America, the Golden Land, the journey in steerage, the arrival at Ellis Island, and the discrimination the immigrants feel while seeking employment. When Miriam finally lands a job at the Triangle Shirt Waist Company as a cuff setter, she believes her future in the New World is finally secure. But on March 25, 1911, the fire that starts from overflowing bins of material scraps rages into what becomes known as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and Miriam's life is forever changed. |