Review: Uprising

Uprising

by 

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Quote: 

“I will go back to Triangle. I'm not done fighting there. I don't know how I'll do it, but I'm sure -- I can still do something to change that place.” Yetta

started reading Sept. 24, 2011
ended Oct. 2, 2011 


Synopsis:Three girls become unlikely friends during troubled times in early 1900s New York City. Bella, newly arrived from Italy, gets a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. There, along with hundreds of others, she works long hours at a guieling job under terrible conditions. Yetta, a coworker from Russia, has been crusading for a union, and when conditions worsen, she joins a historic strike. Wealthy Jane learns of the plight of the workers and becomes involved in their cause. And all three girls are at the Triangle factory on March 26, 1911, when a spark ignites some cloth and the building is engulfed in fire. Can any of them survive?(taken from Haddix webpage)

This book is very well researched. It is one of the best historical fiction books I have read in a long time. Haddix does a wonderful job of keeping facts in an accurate timeline and capturing the very likely feelings and situations of each of the three girls involved. Each girl is different in many ways.
 Bella is a 15 year old immigrant from Italy. She was sent to America to help support her family back home.Yetta is a Jewish girl from Russia who has come to America to reunite with her older sister.

Jane is a 16 year old wealthy girl from New York who lives with her father and governess/chaperon 

I love that each girl has her own trials to deal with, yet they are somehow always there for each other. Each girl has her own agenda and dreams and they soon realize that it can all change too quickly.

The Triangle shirtwaist factory fires was an actual event that took place on March 25, 1911 due to many problems inside and outside of the factory. 

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in historical events or a great bittersweet novel. 

Here are a few websites you can get more information on either the book or facts about the events.

http://www.shelfari.com/books/685171/Uprising

http://www.haddixbooks.com/books/uprise.html

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refshirtwaist.html

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/triangle-shirtwaist-fire-in-new-york-city

 

Tuesday Teasers

Tuesday Teaser

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two "teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title & author, too, so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!

Uprising

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

YR

Teaser from pg 101

He got that faraway look in his eye, like people back in Italy did when they talked about going to America. Bella and Rocco were already in America, and they still had to look far away for any hope.

I am about half way through this book and so far it is a really good read. Very well written and I like all the characters.

What are your teasers? what are you reading?

TBR list

   I wanted to give everyone a little preview on some of my TBR(to be read) books. This is just a random list of books that I have either bought, borrowed or been given recently. They are all on my TBR list but in no particular order and I may not read these 7 in a row. I tend to buy up, or acquire I should say, a lot of books and then usually skip around from one genre to another. Unless it is a series. I don't want to get burnt out by reading several of one type. With that said though, I do tend to get into a topic or author and could read 4 or 5 books in similarity. It really just all depends on the mood!
Without further delay, here they are.

1. Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix ~ library book
2. Haunted Kids(True ghost stories) by Allan Zullo ~ bought @ half price books for $1.98
3. The Daughter's Walk by Jane Kirkpatrick ~ bought online for $6.99(with coupon code)
4. The Blind in The Darkness by Stephen Lewis ~ half price books for $1.00
5. The Harvest of Grace by Cindy Woodsmall ~ bought @ crossings.com
6. The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little ~ half price books for $2.00
7. Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements ~ half price books for $1.00
Also posted to the left is my current read widget. That will most likely be a guide as to what review will be next!(but not always)
Happy Blogging, Happy Reading!