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East Side Story (Stories of the States)

by Bonnie Bader · April 1995

Cover of East Side Story (Stories of the States)

A young girl and her older sister, working in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, an early twentieth-century sweatshop on the Lower East Side of New York City, join a protest to try to improve the miserable working conditions.

FactoriesFictionHistoryJuvenile fictionLabor disputesSistersStrikes and lockoutsTriangle Shirtwaist Company4.9.Accelerated Reader