num_pages: 204
description: The first humorous book in the Dear America series follows an Italian girl's immigrant family as they move from New York City to a utopian community in the frontier West.While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.
language: English
title: West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
titlecomplete: West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (Dear America)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Diary, American History, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, American, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 2625
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic Inc.