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Format:
Book
Title:
Audacity
ISBN:
9780399168994

9780147512499
Publication:
New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2015]
Physical Description:
389 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
"A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York."-- Provided by publisher.

Clara Lemlich, a Russiah Jewish immigrant and aspiring student, lives on New York City's Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century. To help support her family, she is forced to word in the garment factories, where she quickly discovers--and is appalled by--the substandard working conditions. Unlike the other girls she works alongside, Clara refuses to accept the cards she has been dealt, and begins a long and tireless fight for the improvement of women's rights in the workplace. Her strength and resolve remain steadfast throughout, but when Clara is forced to make an impossible choice between the cause she is drawn to and her lifelong ambition, a life marked by resolution and strength quickly becomes one of uncertainty and conflict. Inspired by the real life story of Clara Lemlich, and gorgeously told in striking free verse, the novel celebrates the power of one girl's unrelenting spirit, and reminds us that passion and fire can be found in the darkest of places. -- From dust jacket.
Reading Level:
1120L lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.6 5.

Reading Counts 6-8 10 9.
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