Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 by Hopkinson, Deborah

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780439375900)

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Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 by Hopkinson, Deborah

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924

$19.99
Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 by Hopkinson, Deborah

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924

$19.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
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In a stunning nonfiction debut, award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson focuses on five immigrants' stories to reveal the triumphs and hardships of early 1900s immigrant life in New York.

Acclaimed author Hopkinson recounts the lives of five immigrants to New York's Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative. We hear Romanian-born Marcus Ravage's disappointment when his aunt pushes him outside to peddle chocolates on the street. And about the pickle cart lady who stored her pickles in a rat-infested basement. We read Rose Cohen's terrifying account of living through the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, and of Pauline Newman's struggles to learn English. But through it all, each one of these kids keeps working, keeps hoping, to achieve their own American dream.

Author: Deborah Hopkinson
ISBN-10: 0439375908
ISBN-13: 9780439375900
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2003
Pages: 134
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.30w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 74048 / Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924

Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable
Award: Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: James Madison Book - Honor Book
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2003 pg. 1175
BookPage 10/01/2003 pg. 28
Booklist 11/01/2003 pg. 492
Publishers Weekly 12/01/2003 pg. 58
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2004 pg. 101
School Library Journal 12/01/2003 pg. 169
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2004 pg. 193
New York Times 12/21/2003 pg. 16
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2004 pg. 779
Multicultural Review 03/01/2004 pg. 99
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 125 - Superior,Well Above Average
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2004 pg. 150
School Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 31
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 125 - Superior,Well Above Average
By Deborah Hopkinson
By Deborah Hopkinson
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Deborah Hopkinson is the highly acclaimed author of thrilling, accessible, and compelling works of fiction and nonfiction for every reader. She has written over forty award-winning books, including Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Book; D-Day: The World War II Invasion That Changed History; We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport, which was a Kids' Book Choice Award Nominee and a Sydney Taylor Notable Book; NCTE/Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, We Must Not Forget; Race Against Death, which School Library Journal called "impactful" in a starred review; and her series for Grades 2-5, The Deadliest, which are action-packed, photo-filled nonfiction titles about disasters throughout history, and the rollicking novel The Plot to Kill a Queen. Deborah lives outside Portland, Oregon.

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