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Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924
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Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924 Hardback - 2003

by Deborah Hopkinson

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In her nonfiction debut, the award-winning author recounts the lives of five young immigrants to New York's Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative.

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In a stunning nonfiction debut, award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson focuses on five immigrants' stories to reveal the triumphs and hardships of early 1900s immigrant life in New York.

Acclaimed author Hopkinson recounts the lives of five immigrants to New York's Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative. We hear Romanian-born Marcus Ravage's disappointment when his aunt pushes him outside to peddle chocolates on the street. And about the pickle cart lady who stored her pickles in a rat-infested basement. We read Rose Cohen's terrifying account of living through the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, and of Pauline Newman's struggles to learn English. But through it all, each one of these kids keeps working, keeps hoping, to achieve their own American dream.

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  • Title Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York 1880-1924
  • Author Deborah Hopkinson
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1St Edition
  • Pages 134
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orchard Books (NY), New York
  • Publication date 2003-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780439375900 / 0439375908
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 8.3 x 0.6 in (21.59 x 21.08 x 1.52 cm)
  • Age range 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 990
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.) - History - 1898-1951, New York (N.Y.) - Social conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002044781
  • Dewey Decimal Code 307.764

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2003, Page 492
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2004, Page 779
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2004, Page 193
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2004, Page 101
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2003, Page 125
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 09/15/2003, Page 1175
  • Multicultural Review, 03/01/2004, Page 99
  • New York Times, 12/21/2003, Page 16
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/01/2003, Page 58
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/2003, Page 169
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2004, Page 150

About the author

Deborah Hopkinson is the highly acclaimed author of thrilling, accessible, and compelling works of fiction and nonfiction for every reader. She has written over forty award-winning books, including World War II Close Up: They Saved the Stallions and They Battled in Blizzards; Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Book; D-Day: The World War II Invasion That Changed History; We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport, which was a Kids' Book Choice Award Nominee and a Sydney Taylor Notable Book; NCTE/Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, We Must Not Forget; Race Against Death, which School Library Journal called "impactful" in a starred review; and her series for Grades 2-5, The Deadliest, which are action-packed, photo-filled nonfiction titles about disasters throughout history, and the rollicking novel The Plot to Kill a Queen. Deborah lives outside Portland, Oregon.
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