City Of Orphans
In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: families, homeless persons [X], gangs, immigrants, new york (n.y.), family life [X], historical fiction [X]
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Fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life takes a dramatic turn when, in 1903, his parents turn their Brooklyn apartment into a factory for making teddy bears.
495.7
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: 495.7
lexile:
subjects: family life [X], korean language, teddy bears, social classes, homeless persons [X], immigrants, russian americans, jews, historical fiction [X], bildungsromans, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), historical fiction, bildungsromans