Just Call Me Joe
Frieda Wishinsky
Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
Beschreibung
The year is 1909 and Joseph has just immigrated to the United States from Russia. He thinks that life in New York City will be wonderful, but he has not bargained for the challenges of learning English and of resisting the pressures to skip school, steal and fight to earn a place among the boys in his neighbourhood. Just Call Me Joe presents a full picture of life in New York City for the working poor. Anna, Joe's older sister, struggles to cope with the terrible factory conditions of the time. Aunt Sophie must take in boarders to make ends meet. And Joseph must both accept change and remain true to himself in a new city with new challenges.
Kundenbewertungen
family, history, learning English, friendship, immigration, distance learning, siblings, immigrant voices, historical fiction, home learning, chapter book about moving to a new country, immigrating to America, poverty, working poor