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Hope In My Heart by Kathryn Lasky · Booklabria

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Hope In My Heart

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First published: 2003
Language: English
Editions: 3

Synopsis

After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.

Subjects: History
Children's fiction
New york
Diaries
Immigrants
Emigration and immigration
Set in: United States
New York
Time: 1898-1951

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