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Touched by fire / Irene N. Watts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watts, Irene N., 1931- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pogroms--Ukraine--Juvenile fiction.
- Pogroms.
- Antisemitism--Europe--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Antisemitism.
- Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Immigrants--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Young adult fiction--21st century.
- Young adult fiction.
- Jews--United States--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Jews.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Pogroms--Fiction.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
- Fires--Fiction.
- Immigrants--Fiction.
- Jews--United States--Fiction.
- Jews--Social conditions.
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911--Fiction.
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire (1911).
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.
- Ukraine--Fiction.
- Europe.
- Ukraine.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Young adult works.
- Historical fiction
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- Fleeing the pograms in Russia and European anti-Semitism, teenaged Miriam arrives in America only to face anti-immigrant discrimination before landing a job in a clothing factory and witnessing the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781770495241
- 177049524X
- OCLC:
- 810526281
- Publisher Number:
- 99990724638
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