In 1911 New York, sixteen-year-old Essie Rosenfeld must stop taking care of her irrepressible six-year-old sister when she goes to work at the Triangle Waist Company, where she befriends a missing heiress who is in hiding from her family and who seems to understand the feelings of heartache and grief that Essie is trying desperately to escape.
Wonderful fiction about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and the women (girls) who worked there. The part about the missing heiress seemed a little weak, but the working conditions and the Zelda's home life felt authentic. Painless way to learn about a part of American history!
Rating: 8 of 10.
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