Maximilian lands on a ship of Irish immigrants bound for Ellis Island, where he meets a young girl named Ashling who tells her family's story and smuggles him through immigration, as well as a friendly pelican that takes him on a flight around New York Harbor in search of his damaged time machine.
year: 2013
call number/section: 1000
subjects: mice, juvenile fiction, pelicans, time travel, immigrants, united states, ellis island (n.j. and n.y.), history, juvenile fiction, new york (n.y.), 20th century