Genres
Publication
Orchard Books (2003), Edition: 1st, 144 pages
Description
Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
Orbis Pictus Award (Honor — 2004)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2004)
CCBC Choices (2004)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
144
Physical description
144 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0439375908 / 9780439375900
DDC/MDS
| 307.76 |
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