Book: Uprising

Uprising

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Length: 352

Format: Paperback
Price: $6.99, Amazon Prime

How I heard about it: Our students will read an excerpt of it in the coming unit, so I decided to read it.

Basic Premise: A historical fiction set in the early 1900s, this story follows two immigrant Triangle Factory workers and one high-society debutante as they navigate their way through the strike and Triangle factory fire of 1911 in New York City.

My Take: 8.5 out of 10 (scale here)

The only reason I didn't give this book a higher rating was because of its slow start. It didn't pick up until around page 100. Once I got there, I finished in a day and a half. (One night I stayed up till 12:30 reading...ooops). I remember studying this fire in 8th grade and watching a documentary, but otherwise I knew nothing about this event. It was beautiful artistic and heart-wrenching read. I purchased instead of checking it out from the library because I wanted to have a copy on my shelf for kids. I think they will get caught up in the story and want to read the whole thing!