Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land

by William Jay Jacobs

Book Overview

Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land is William Jay Jacobs' beauriful story that captures the act of immigration.

What would it be like to leave your home in Europe, travel thousands of miles in the miserable place below decks called steerage, and arrive in New York harbor at Ellis Island, which you and your parents see as the gateway to a new life? Find out in Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684191717
• ISBN13: 9780684191713
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5