Gittel's journey : an Ellis Island story
(2019)
By:
Newman, Lesléa
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
PICTURE/STORIES/NEWMAN,L
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Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781419727474, 1419727478 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Loosely based on true stories told to the author by her grandmother and aunt about their voyage to America
Winner of the 2020 Sydney Taylor Honor Book Award
"Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"--