| Streets of Gold Contributor(s): Raphael, Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892554002 ISBN-13: 9780892554003 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.96 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is 1901. Marisia and her family flee Poland ahead of the czar's soldiers. But at Ellis Island, her sister and parents are turned away. Now Marisia and her brother, Stefan, must find their way in the New World alone. Marisia dreams of becoming an artist. Can she overcome the hardships of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side, the struggle to find work, and the tyrannical views of those who would stand in her way? With only her wits, her talent, and her feisty spirit to guide her, she sets out to turn dream into reality. |