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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In the summer of 1979, Andy and Tom are two twelve-year-old boys--best friends, expert cave explorers, and crack shots with their Springfield M-6 Scout rifles. In rural southern Indiana they are blissfully unaware of the local labor strife surrounding the Borden Casket Company. The fact that Andy's dad is a manager and Tom's dad is a union laborer has no bearing on their fun and adventure.
2) Uprising
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was only five years old. Includes historical notes.
3) Riot
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When his father engages in vandalism against non-union employees, Bryan, a sixth-grader, must decide whether to accept his father's actions or do what he believes is right.
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Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Forced to drop out of school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, Angela, an Italian immigrant, works long hours for low wages in a garment factory, and becomes a participant in the shirtwaist worker strikes of 1909.