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Sto caricando le informazioni... Home at Last : Sofia's Ellis Island Diary, Book Twodi Kathryn Lasky
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This entire series is a wonderful way to learn history or teach it to adolescents. I find today's generations seem to recall more when they learn through other people (pop songs, celebrity gossip, etc.), so what better way to teach history than through someone else's perspective? Yes, "authentic" diaries would be "better", but would the language really hold the modern student's attention? Did the diary writer know what WOULD be important in the context of history? Probably not.
Hazel Rochman (Booklist, Dec. 15, 2003 (Vol. 100, No. 8)) Reviewed with Kathryn Lasky's Hope in My Heart. An Italian immigrant child writes her diary in these two small books that are part of the My America series. Hope in My Heart is the most dramatic. After the family finally arrives at Ellis Island, nine-year-old Sofia is separated from her parents and quarantined. Terrified, angry, and knowing almost no English, she is at the mercy of officials and doctors, some of whom are prejudiced and corrupt. Only her friendship with an Irish girl and the support of a kind official and a priest make her life bearable, until her heartfelt reunion with her family. Home at Last is a conventional account of Italian Americans who struggle and eventually make it in the North End community of Boston. A teacher makes a huge difference, as does a doctor, whose character is based on a real person, Lasky's husband's grandfather. As is often the case with books in this series, the diary format is an awkward contrivance, but it certainly makes the tale more immediate. A historical note and archival photos add to the story. Category: Books for Middle Readers--Fiction. 2003, Scholastic, $12.95, $4.99. Gr. 3-6. Elizabeth Young (Children's Literature) Nine year old Sophia has just been released from being quarantined on Ellis Island because of a possible eye disease. Her new home is sparse at best, but it is home and she is with her family a month after their arrival in America. Sofia is the kind of daughter every mother wishes for--good natured, optimistic, studious and caring. This installment in the "My America" series is an engaging quick read. It is a story of dreams begun, dreams fulfilled and of hope. While reading this I couldn't help but notice similarities to the "Little House on the Prairie" television series, right down to the storeowners and local doctor. We are shown glimpses into the historic North End of Boston at the turn of the twentieth century. Most anecdotes are well placed, but do we really need to know about Marco swallowing the eye of a doll, and mentioning Rose Fitzgerald with no further explanation is just plain name-dropping! Sofia's story is one of encouragement for any age. From her Ellis Island release, her academic achievements, overcoming infantile paralysis, to the reality of possible losing her best friend, Sofia never loses her positive outlook and her penchant for bettering herself and others. 2003 Appartiene alle SerieDear America Collections (My America: 20th Cen. Immigration / Sofia's 2nd Diary, 1903) My America (20th Cen. Immigration: Sofia's 2nd Diary, 1903)
In 1903, ten-year-old Sofia and her family begin their life in America in Boston, where her father works in a grocery, her mother sells pasta, and she goes to school while trying to stay in touch with her old friend Maureen. Includes historical notes. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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