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All-of-a-Kind Family
Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century. Together they share …
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A Nickel, a Trolley, a Treasure House
With gentle humor and fondness, Baker tells a story of a young boy who lives in a tiny tenement apartment on New York's Lower East Side who takes a momentous …
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What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street
A young Jewish girl living on Manhattan's Lower East Side attends her first "package party" where she learns about the traditions of generosity, courage, and community among Jewish immigrants in …
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The Gold Coin
In 1901, thirteen-year-old Dimitri, his younger brother, and their parents are beginning to feel at home in New York City's Lower East Side, where they have lived since their Jewish …
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Storied City
Presents twenty-one walking tours of New York City, including more than one hundred sites of literary significance and featuring more than two hundred books about New York written for young …
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The Pushcart War
A satire on modern city life depicting an outbreak of war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers.
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The Notorious Izzy Fink
In the 1890's, thirteen-year-old Sam copes with poverty and violence on the streets of New York's Lower East Side.
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Dear Emma
In her letters to a Vermont friend, eighth grader Dossi, a Russian, Jewish immigrant living in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1910, shares her thoughts about …
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When Jessie Came Across the Sea
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the …
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The Castle on Hester Street
Julie's grandmother deflates many of her husband's tall tales about their journey from Russia to America and their life on Hester Street.
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Immigrant Girl
Becky, whose family has emigrated from Russia to avoid being persecuted as Jews, finds growing up in New York City in 1910 a vivid and exciting experience.
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When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street
When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street is Elsa Okon Rael's beautiful story of family relations and the celebrations that can often ensue. While staying with her grandparents in New York …
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Rivka's First Thanksgiving
Having heard about Thanksgiving in school, nine-year-old Rivka tries to convince her immigrant family and her Rabbi that it is a holiday for all Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike.
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The King of Mulberry Street
In 1892, nine-year-old Dom’s mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. He is a stowaway, traveling alone and with nothing of value except for a new …
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Water Street
Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to …