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Hello, America: A Refugee's Journey from Auschwitz to the New World
Hello America A Refugee's Journey from Auschwitz to the New World Author:Livia Bitton-Jackson The year is 1951 and eighteen-year-old Elli and her mother arrive in New York City. Finally they can leave behind bitter Holocaust memories and become "real" Americans From office filing all day, to the challenge of night school, to interpreting the intentions of Alex, a handsome and persistent doctor, Elli soon finds learning English is only h... more »alf as hard as "making it" in this new world. Against a backdrop of soda shops, skyscrapers, and subways, acclaimed author Livia Bitton-Jackson fuses old-world tradition and modern dreams, in this vivid kaleidoscope of immigrant America.« less
ISBN-13: 9780756963958 ISBN-10: 0756963958 Pages:230 Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: