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Available
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Publication
Balzer Bray (2015), 304 pages
Description
After her father is killed in a pogrom, twelve-year-old Sarah and her mother immigrate to America--but when her mother dies before they get through Ellis Island, and the authorities want to send her back to the old country, Sarah hides in the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
Library's review
This is an adequate chapter book about immigration for middle grade readers. On the plus side, it has lots of action and plot twists, but much of it is not believable, at least to an adult reader. The focus here is on immigrants in general, not on Jews in particular. Much of the action takes place
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in China town which is fascinating, and the variety of races and languages in New York at the time is featured. The Jewish content is slight. Overall, not one of the best, but the plot twists might hold a younger reader's interest. Show Less
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
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ISBN
0062227955 / 9780062227959