The summer of dreams

the story of a world's fair girl

By Hoobler, Dorothy & Hoobler, Thomas

Publishers Summary:
In 1893 while working at the Chicago World's Fair, a young Italian-American girl meets two prominent women, Mrs. Potter Palmer and Jane Addams, and learns about the achievements of other women throughout history.

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ISBN
978-0-38224-332-5
Publisher
Morristown, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press, c1993.


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 1993

Gr 3-6 Bland characters undermine this effort, which is more a disjointed recitation of facts than a work of historical fiction. Set in 1893, the story follows preteen Cristina Ricci and her adventures at the Chicago Columbian Exposition, where she works as a guide to children visiting from other countries. The book has no notes of any kind (although there is a recipe for noodles at the end), and readers are never...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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