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Ashes of Roses by Auch, Mary Jane is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ashes of Roses about?
The honest and compelling story of a young girl's newfound independence, from her entrance into a new country to her frightening involvement in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. My heart filled with fear and hope at the same time. I had the feeling that I was brought to America for a purpose. Something important would happen to me here. I remembered the words of the poem, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses . . ." "Here we are, America," I whispered. "We're just exactly what you ordered." When she arrives on Ellis Island as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, Rose Nolan is looking for a land of opportunities; what she finds is far from all she'd dreamed. Stubborn and tenacious, she refuses to give up. Left alone to fend for herself and her younger sister, Rose is thrust into a hard-knock life of tenements and factory work. When the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of...
Who reads Ashes of Roses?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Auch, Mary Jane
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781466852228
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Children'S
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (39 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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