Hope In My Heart
Sofia's Immigrant Diary, Book 1 (My America, Sofia's Diary)
About this book
After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.
Subjects
- children's fiction
- diaries
- diaries, fiction
- ellis island immigration station (n.y. and n.j.)
- ellis island immigration station (n.y. and n.j.), fiction
- emigration and immigration
- fiction
- history
- immigrants
- italian americans
- italian americans, fiction
- juvenile fiction
- new york (n.y.), fiction
- new york (n.y.), history, fiction