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Reviewed on November 1, 2013 | Grades 5-8
Gr 5–8—In this combination coming-of-age novel and early-20th-century history lesson, Miriam, a Jewish teenager, and her family dream of going to America, the "Golden Land." Miriam's long and eventful journey begins in 1905 as her family flees the pogroms and moves to Berlin to save money for their ultimate destination-New York City. Her father goes ahead of his wife and three children and settles on the Lower East Side, and his letters home re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
Seeking a safe, persecution-free life in the "Golden Land" of America, fourteen-year-old Miriam arrives on New York City's Lower East...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
