Hope and tears
Subtitle: Ellis Island voices
By: Gwenyth Swain
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honesdale, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9781590787656
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.); Immigrants; Juvenile literature; History
Description: Letters, diary entries, poems, monologues and diaglogues created to illustrate the stories of people whose lives were touched by Ellis Island, once the United States' largest immigration station.

Fictional stories, free-verse, and dialogue accompany real-life photographs of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island, as well as inspectors, doctors, nurses, cooks, social workers, and others who lived and worked there.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-111) and index.

Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 2 2 151998