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The King of Mulberry Street
By Napoli, Donna Jo
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38574-653-3 978-0-38590-890-0
- Publisher
- Lamb Random
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 When Beniamino, a nine-year-old Jewish boy from Napoli, is smuggled aboard a cargo ship heading to America in 1892, he assumes his mother is onboard, too. Soon realizing that Mamma isn't with him, he makes the best of his plight, but his goal is to return home as soon as possible. Landing at Ellis Island, he evades good-hearted people who would send him to an orphanage and "patrones" who would put him to work begging on street corners. Assuming the name Dom Napoli, he sleeps in barrels ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2005
When nine-year-old Beniamino's mother smuggles him aboard a ship bound for America, he expects to find her hiding elsewhere on the ship. When she doesn't appear, he sets about following her instructions to survive. Hiding his Jewish identity and even his name, he becomes Dom Napoli and makes his way to the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan. In 1890s New York, a padrone was necessary for an Italian boy on his ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
