[CASL-L] Seeking book recommendations

[L. Williams]

Any of these might work - if you can find them! They are not new...

*East Side Story *by Bonnie Bader (Silver Moon, 1994) AR: 4.1

*Fire!: The Beginnings of the Labor Movement *by Barbara Goldin Diamond
(Viking, 1992) Once upon America series

*Fire at the Triangle Factory* by Holly Littlefieldl (Carolrhoda, 1996) AR:
3.5, Lexile: 570

*Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story* by
Julie Gilbert (Stone Arch, 2019) AR: 4.2, Lexile: 590

*The Rooftop Adventure of Minnie and Tessa, Factory Fire Survivors*
(graphic novel) by Holly Littlefield (Graphic Universe, 2011) AR: 2.9,
Lexile: 500

Linda Williams
Adjunct, CT State Colleges - Three Rivers

On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:11 AM Gail Nelson <gwnelson100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The first one that pops into my head is Brave Girl: Clara and the
> Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Markel.
> There may be a couple of historical fiction titles in the Dear America
> series (these date from the 1990s.)
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> On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 12:37 PM Michele Lane <mlane at colchesterct.org>
> wrote:
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>> Good afternoon,
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>> A teacher in my building is using the book Uprising by Margaret Peterson
>> Haddix in her class and is seeking a lower reading level (3-4 grade) with
>> the same setting/theme: New York city, immigrants, factory work - early
>> 1900s.
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>> Any suggestions that pop into your head would be appreciated!
>> Thanks so much!
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>> --
>> Michele Lane
>> Library Media Specialist
>> William J.Johnston Middle School
>> @mlanemedia
>> WJJMS Library Website: goo.gl/KRoXa7 <http://goo.gl/KROXA7>
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