| Hello, America: A Refugee's Journey from Auschwitz to the New World Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Bitton-Jackson, Livia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416916253 ISBN-13: 9781416916253 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: A Holocaust survivor, Bitton-Jackson gives a powerful glimpse of immigrant America through the eyes of a teenager who has witnessed horrible atrocities in this third book featuring Auschwitz survivor Elli ("I Have Lived a Thousand Years"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Young Adult Nonfiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004014495 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 4.66" W x 6.98" (0.27 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Having withstood the horrors of Auschwitz and made it out alive, eighteen-year-old Elli is more than ready to leave behind the painful memories and start fresh in America. What she is not fully prepared for, though, are all the challenges of creating a new life in a completely new place -- especially one as hectic as New York City Within moments of stepping off the ship and into the arms of welcoming relatives, Elli's mind starts spinning with questions. Will she go to college? Will she have to take on a full-time job to pay the bills? And will she be able to fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher? Elli has dreamed for years of this abundance of opportunity and possibility -- and to think, this is only the beginning |
Contributor Bio(s): Bitton-Jackson, Livia: - Livia Bitton-Jackson, born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was thirteen when she, her mother, and her brother were taken to Auschwitz. They were liberated in 1945 and came to the United States on a refugee boat in 1951. She received a PhD in Hebrew culture and Jewish history from New York University. Dr. Bitton-Jackson has been a professor of history at City University of New York for thirty-seven years. Her previous books include Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust, which received the Christopher Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award, and the Jewish Heritage Award. Dr. Bitton-Jackson lives in Israel with her husband, children, and grandchildren. |