Re: [ha-Safran]: Boys immigration

[Kathe Pinchuck]

The Notorious Izzy Fink by Don Brown:

 From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8–Gang wars, pickpockets, pushcarts, and tenements best 
describe New York Citys Lower East Side in the 1890s, home to 
13-year-old Sam Glodsky, the half-Irish, half-Russian Jewish 
protagonist. He and his buddy Manny hawk newspapers for pennies to 
help put food on their tables. Sam gets involved with the Chief 
Inspector of the Health Department, who enlists his help in tracking 
down a cholera victim who has escaped a quarantined ship and may be 
inadvertently spreading the disease. In order to gain access to the 
ship, the boy takes a job with notorious gangster/animal lover Monk 
Eastman, who pays him and another boy to rescue a prized carrier 
pigeon from the ship. The other boy turns out to be Sams archenemy, 
and when Fink mishandles the bird and breaks its wing, Eastman is out 
to get him. Expletives and coarse language are a natural part of the 
characters dialogue. Though there is some mention of Boss Tweed and 
Tammany Hall, the main focus is on the immigrant factions; an 
afterword refers to the long-held prejudices of the various ethnic 
groups that heightened as they competed for jobs and housing. Even 
reluctant readers will enjoy this engaging, action-packed novel, and 
the period will spring to life.–Barbara Auerbach, New York City Public Schools
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier 
Inc. All rights reserved.


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[ha-Safran]: Boys immigration

[Toby Harris]

Shalom!



I'm doing a summer book group with a theme of Jewish children in 
survival mode after immigrating to another country.  Book choices so far are:



King of Mulberry Street, by Donna Jo Napoli

Shanghai Shadows, by Lois Ruby

Night of the Burning, by Linda Wulf

The Return, by Sonia Levitin



I'd like to come up with another one which might attract boys.  I 
looked through the bibliography bank but nothing jumped out at me.  Any ideas?



  I'm encouraging middle school aged children at our synagogue and 
another to read one of the books or however many of them they want 
before we meet.  The books all have some common elements: leaving 
their home countries due to discrimination and hatred, feeling they 
must or actually having to look after themselves, being faced with 
culture shock.  I look forward to some great discussions!



Thanks…



Toby Harris, Librarian

Temple De Hirsch Sinai

(206)315-7398  Seattle

(206)323-8486, Ext. 7481  Bellevue





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