Hest, Amy,

When Jessie came across the sea / Amy Hest ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch. - 1st U.S. edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

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Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction
Jews--Juvenile fiction
Orphans--Juvenile fiction
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction

PZ7.H4375 / Wf 1997

741.642