Journey to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to America
by Carol Bierman and Laurie McGaw
When war came to Poruset, Russia, in 1916, Rachel Weinstein decided it was time to... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 1998
Word Count 5,255
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 104974, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Russian Americans
- Weinstein, Julius
- Immigrants--New York (State)
- Immigrants--New York (State)--Juvenile literature
- Weinstein, Julius--Juvenile literature
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--Biography
- Jews, Russian--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emigration & Immigration
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Jewish children--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Juvenile literature
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- Immigrant Stories: Ellis Island
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Selection, 1999
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