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Title Gittel's journey : an Ellis Island story / story by Leslea Newman ; pictures by Amy June Bates.
Author Newman, Lesléa, author.
Publication Info. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019.
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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Note Loosely based on true stories told to the author by her grandmother and aunt about their voyage to America.
Summary "Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.
Separation (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Immigration and emigration -- Fiction.
Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
Genre Multiculturalism -- Fiction.
Children's stories.
Picture books.
Historical fiction.
Added Author Bates, Amy June, illustrator.
ISBN 9781419727474 (hardcover, jacketed, picture) : $15.00
1419727478 (hardcover, jacketed, picture)