Uprising (novel)

Uprising is a young-adult novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix published by Simon & Schuster in September 2007.

According to Maureen Paschal of The Washington Post, it "helps reinforce how immigrants have often struggled with hardship and unfairness".

[1] Bella, newly arrived in New York City from Calia, Italy, starts work at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

Jane, a runaway daughter of a wealthy businessman, who later works as a governess for Mr. Blanck (one of the owners), learns of the workers and becomes involved with their cause.

Bella and Yetta are at work and Jane is visiting the factory on March 25, 1911, when a spark ignites piles of cloth, leading to one of the worst workplace disasters in history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.