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Dreaming of American An Ellis Island Story
Dreaming of American An Ellis Island Story Author:Eve Bunting Anne Moore and her two little brothers stood at the ship's railing watching Ireland disappear into the mist. Annie is not quite fifteen years old when she and her brothers leave their home in Ireland and sail for a new world in 1891. They long to be reunited with their parents, who emigrated to New York three years earlier in search of a bette... more »r life. As the SS Nevada carries them across the stormy Atlantic, Annie is fearful: What if she doesn't like America? What if her parents aren't at the dock when they arrive? How will she look after her brothers? It is Annie's fifteenth birthday when the ship, at last, steams into New York harbor. As she steps onto the dock and becomes the first immigrant to enter the gleaming new Ellis Island processing center, Annie receives an unforgettable birthday surprise.« less