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
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
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