Title: The king of Mulberry Street
Description: In 1892, nine-year-old Dom's mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. He is a stowaway, traveling alone and with nothing of value except for a new pair of shoes from his mother. In the turbulent world of homeless children in Manhattan's Five Points, Dom learns street smarts, and not only survives, but thrives by starting his own business. A vivid, fascinating story of an exceptional boy, based in part on the author's grandfather.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Street children, Jews, Juvenile fiction, Immigrants, Fiction, Italians, Historical Fiction, Emigration and immigration, History
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), United States
Time periods: 1865-1898