| The Locket, Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, | | | | Author, Suzanne Lieurance weaves together the |
| published by Enslow Publishing, is a historical novel | | | | fictional and non-fictional aspects of this historical story |
| written for ages 9 to 12. It tells the story of Galena, an | | | | with ease. By blending dramatic factual accounts of a |
| eleven year old Russian-Jewish immigrant who lives in | | | | historical event using realistic fictional characters, |
| New York City in 1911 with her family and works at the | | | | Lieurance brings the reader inside the ill-fated factory. |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory with her older | | | | As the reader is taken inside the shirtwaist factory, |
| sister Anya. The factory pays low wages, has | | | | pungent vapors of sewing machine oil cloggs the air. |
| horrendous working conditions and employs under age | | | | Lieurance's account is truly a step back in time to |
| children like Galena. | | | | understand how a young Jewish immigrant girl uses |
| In the early 1900's joining the union is a dangerous thing | | | | the support of her Jewish traditions, family and friends |
| to do but Anya longs to improve working conditions for | | | | for inspiration to fight for workers rights. Even though |
| abused workers. Soon a horrible fire erupts and | | | | the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 was an American |
| destroys the Triangle Shirt Factory and shatters a | | | | tragedy, Lieurance writes of hope rather than just |
| young girls dream. | | | | gloom. |