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Author
Series
Sofias immigrant diary volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
107 p.: 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1903, Maureen, originally from Ireland, comes to Bostom to live with her old friend Sofia and her Italian American family, where the two girls share fifth grade class and various adventures.
2) Home at last
Author
Series
Sofias immigrant diary volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
108 p.: ill.;
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success.
Author
Series
Sofia's immigrant diary volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
106 p.: ill.; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.