Lost

by Jaqueline Davies

In 1911 New York sixteen-year-old Essie Rosenfeld must stop caring for her irrepressible six year-year-old sister and go to work at the Triangle Waist Company, where she befriends a missing heiress who is hiding from her family and we seems to understand the feelings of heartache and grief that Essie is trying to escape.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[DaughterOfPoseidon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was like, an amazing book. I had so much fun reading it and screaming at the characters for being idiots. My only problem was probably that it kinda just dragged on. But besides that, this will be a book I Will remember reading for a long time.

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Lost' was a great read, which had a very emotional take on the tragic events of the Triangle Waist Factory which features Essie, who started working at the factory, and the relationship between another worker named Harriet. Later on, we meet Zelda who is Essie's sister, who turns out to be a disobedient-but a quite talented character.

This story was very sad, and I'm not a huge fan of emotional books, but the writing and the sudden change of events in the story kept my interest going.

[Evi · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so sad!!!!!

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. This book made me extremely emotional. Like cried-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-dental-office type of emotional.

I really love historical fiction, and I found the time period of this book to be really fascinating because it's around the time of all the labor movements and unions in the second industrial revolution of the U.S..

The writing was nicely done and made sense for the time period, but sometimes the way characters spoke felt unnatural to me. For example, in many parts of the book, Essie, the main character, phrases things very strangely like, "You want I should get another blanket?" It wasn't a big deal, just something that didn't really seem necessary.

Other than that, and having to shed my tears in front of a bunch of confused strangers, I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves a quick but emotional read.

[Savannah Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lost by Jacqueline Davies was very good book! I would give it a three. Mostly, because I absolutely adore books that include history in them. Occasionally it got slightly hard to follow what was going on, because it jumped back and forth so often. Harriet's husband seemed very suspicious to me and I got my thoughts a little jumbled up with the actual book occasionally. There was a lot of losing this and that in the book, so the title fit it perfectly! Lost wasn't an action packed book, but it was eventful, and it kept me very entertained.

[Erica · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Lost” by Jacqueline Davies deftly weaves together two separate news stories from 1911 into a charming young adult novel. The narrator, Essie, is a Jewish American teenager living in the New York City of the early 20th century. She has recently started working at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory when she experiences a devastating loss in her family. It's around this time that Essie meets Harriet, a mysterious young woman who also works in the factory. Essie and Harriet quickly become good friends. Alas, their happiness is shattered when tragedy strikes again.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wearing my critical reviewer hat, as hats were a theme in the book, I rate this 3.5 stars. An interesting and overall well written piece of historical fiction. I liked Essie the protagonist, her relationship with the heiress "Harriet" Dorothy Arnold, Essie's relationship with Jimmy, and the tragedy that struck the Triangle Waist Factory. I struggled with Essie's relationship with her sister Zelda and the character of Zelda. It was annoying and distracting from an otherwise believable and sad story.

[Kristie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, I liked the social dynamic it wasn't overly done. I loved that the author put in the end a synopsis of the original information. I loved the relationship between the two sisters. I would have liked to know about the mother. There was some information, but not enough to explain being detached from a child for 6 years!!

[Camie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my new favorites.... A must read!

[kei · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was such a beautiful book!! so beautifully written and a great show of grief and its long lasting toll on a person. i would recommend this book to all honestly :)

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite book at the moment! It was amazingly written at the end and everything was so unexpected