| Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0439375908 ISBN-13: 9780439375900 Publisher: Orchard Books (NY) OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2003 Annotation: In her nonfiction debut, the award-winning author recounts the lives of five young immigrants to New York's Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: 307.764 |
| LCCN: 2002044781 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.3" W x 8.5" (1.20 lbs) 134 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 74048 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a stunning nonfiction debut, award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson focuses on five immigrants' stories to reveal the triumphs and hardships of early 1900s immigrant life in New York.Acclaimed author Hopkinson recounts the lives of five immigrants to New York's Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative. We hear Romanian-born Marcus Ravage's disappointment when his aunt pushes him outside to peddle chocolates on the street. And about the pickle cart lady who stored her pickles in a rat-infested basement. We read Rose Cohen's terrifying account of living through the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, and of Pauline Newman's struggles to learn English. But through it all, each one of these kids keeps working, keeps hoping, to achieve their own American dream. |