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A House of Tailors
Contributor(s): Giff, Patricia Reilly (Author)
ISBN: 0440238005     ISBN-13: 9780440238003
Publisher: Yearling Books
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2006
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Annotation: SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.
Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she' s worked in her family' s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.
When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle' s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread-- and homesick to boot.
She didn' t know she could be this homesick, but she didn' t know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn' t know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor' s shop. And she didn' t know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent-- and her future.
In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina' s eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

"From the Hardcover edition."

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 750
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.63" (0.25 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Ethnic Orientation - German
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 82024
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
SEWING NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.

Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she's worked in her family's dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.

When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle's family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread--and homesick to boot.

She didn't know she could be this homesick, but she didn't know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn't know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor's shop. And she didn't know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent--and her future.

In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina's eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.