immigrants

In 1903, ten-year-old Sofia and her family begin their life in America in Boston, where her father works in a grocery, her mother sells pasta, and she goes to school while trying to stay in touch with her old friend Maureen. Includes historical notes.

After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.

In 1868, John Bardsley, an immigrant from England, brought one thousand sparrows from his home country back to Philadelphia, where he hoped they would help save the trees from the inch-worms that were destroying them. Based on a true story.

Describes life for children and adults at Ellis Island in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, describing immigrants' travels to the island, their check-in process, and the beginnings of their lives in the U.S. Also includes a recipe for noodle kugel.

In 1908, eleven-year-old Innie joins the library club at a settlement house that serves immigrant families of Boston's North End, but when items and money disappear from the settlement house, Innie's past as a troublemaker puts her under suspicion.

Depicts the joys and hardships experienced by a Muslim family that immigrates to New York City from Alexandria, Egypt, in the hope of making a better life for themselves.

With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman.

Based on a memoir written in the early twentieth century, tells the story of a young girl and her life in Russia, her travels to America, and her subsequent life in the United States.

Describes one Jewish family's fourteen-year struggle to emigrate from Leningrad in the Soviet Union to Chicago, Illinois, and the adjustments they have made.

Takes a look at the many different peoples who have come to America over the course of history, and discusses the reasons why they left their homes, the conditions they found in the new land, and the impact they have had on the United States.