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2) Ashes
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In 1932 Berlin, thirteen-year-old Gaby Schramm witnesses the beginning of Hitler's rise to power, as soldiers become ubiquitous, her beloved literature teacher starts wearing a jewelled swastika pin, and the family's dear friend, Albert Einstein, leaves the country while Gaby's parents secretly bury his books and papers in their small yard.
3) Home at last
Author
Series
Sofia's immigrant diary volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Sofia's immigrant diary volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In 1903, Maureen, originally from Ireland, comes to Boston to live with her old friend Sofia and her Italian American family, where the two girls share fifth grade class and various adventures.
5) Broken song
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
In 1897, fifteen-year-old Reuven Bloom, a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the violin in order to save himself and his baby sister after the rest of their family is murdered.
Author
Series
Sofia's immigrant diary volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
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.
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