A house of tailors
By: Patricia Reilly Giff.
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Large type books.; Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.; German Americans -- Fiction.; Sewing -- Fiction.; Uncles -- Fiction.; Large type books.; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.
Notes: Originally published: Random House Children's Books, 2004.