When Jessie came across the sea /
Hest, Amy.
When Jessie came across the sea / [by] Amy Hest ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch. - New York : Scholastic, 1999,c1997. - unp. : col. ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
donated by the Tuttle family
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
1-5. 6-10. 2.
0439137020 (pbk.)
Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
Jews--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Youth fiction
Historical fiction
Fic
When Jessie came across the sea / [by] Amy Hest ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch. - New York : Scholastic, 1999,c1997. - unp. : col. ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
donated by the Tuttle family
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
1-5. 6-10. 2.
0439137020 (pbk.)
Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
Jews--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Youth fiction
Historical fiction
Fic