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Item Nr: B 123753 Title: My Journey Through Ellis Island
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Arnez, Lynda
Length: 24 Prod/Pub: Gareth Stevens
Copyright: 2016 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Traveling to live in a new country can be terrifying, especially to a child. Leaving behind family, friends, and places you know and love is something everyone can relate to. In this book, readers board a boat with an immigrant child going to the United States for the first time. The first-person narration introduces readers to Ellis Island and the many immigrants coming to America during the late 1800s and early 1900s, including their reasons for doing so. Historical images and fact boxes add context to this important social studies topic. Series nonfiction. My Place in History / Set 1. IL 2-6. AR 4.8. Lexile 820.

  Subjects:
  215 - BOATS AND BOATING
  616 - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION
  1127 - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION--U.S.
  1678 - LEXILE 800-899
  801 - NEW YORK (STATE)
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  1967 - SERIES NONFICTION
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1108 - U.S.--HISTORY
  1137 - U.S.--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS