About this title: A gripping historical tale about Italian Jews, immigration, and the harsh realities of living on the streets of New York City in the 1890s, this middle-grade novel shares the fast-paced story of nine-year-old Italian Benjamino, born and raised in Napoli, Italy. Secreted away on a ship bound for New York City by his desperately poor mother, he is renamed Dom once he arrives. Craftily escaping adult do-gooders on Ellis Island, Dom creates a life for himself on the streets, soon making a sandwich-selling business with two other boys. Based on Donna Jo Napoli's own grandfather's experience, this ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Date Published: 2005-10-11
ISBN-13:9780385746533ISBN:0385746539
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket As Issued. Hardcover 2005, Appears Unread, Name? blackened out on 1st page, No other markings, Binding square and tight, Corners sharp, Clean and bright copy, Domestic Tracking. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385746533ISBN:0385746539
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with unclipped dustjacket. From Booklist: Gr. 6-9. Drawing on her grandfather's experience, Napoli dramatizes a seldom-told bit of American history in this story of Italian Jewish young people in the 1890s. Beniamino, who lives in Napoli, is only nine years old when his beloved, poverty-stricken Mama bribes someone to hide him away on a cargo ship to America. His lively, immediate first-person narrative recalls the trauma of separation and the brutal ... read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Good. Ex-Library Book-will contain Library Markings. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Very good historical fiction about immigrants in the early 1900's in New York. Children didn't have it very easy back then. Definitely a YA, a little too easy."
"This book gives a wonderfully researched portrayal of immigrants during the early nineteenth century. This book would be a great read for a history class or for people interested in learning about the experiences of their own immigrant ancestors."
"Young Dom is put aboard a ship bound for America by his (perhaps well-meaning) mother. He is only nine when he arrives at Ellis Island without a family and without a clue. He heads to Mulberry street (where the Napolitano Italians live) and befriends two boys and slowly finds ways to survive...based loosely on the authors ancestors. I say this book was lovely."
"it was a pretty good book, I enjoyed it. I have to say, Dom has an evil mother if she was willing to send him off to America all alone not knowing English and only nine years old! I suppose she might have meant well (although I'm not sure how), but come on! Your own son!"
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