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Lasky, Kathryn
DREAMS IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY : THE DIARY OF ZIPPORAH FELDMAN, A
JEWISH MMIGRANT GIRL
(DEAR AMERICA SERIES)
New York : Scholastic, 1998
IL 5-8
ISBN 0590029738
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is the fictionalized diary of 12 year old Zipporah "Zippy" Feldman. Zippy
and her family have escaped from Russia and have settled in New York in
1902. Life is hard for the new immigrants. Zippy is put into a young grade
because her English isn't very good. She dreams of becoming an actress
and finds work as a prop girl in a Yiddish theater. Through the good times
and bad, the family struggles to hold on to their Jewish faith although
it is not quite certain if they will succeed. |
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SUBJECTS:
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
Family life -- Fiction
Diaries -- Fiction |
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