Lost in the Empire City
Call Number
- J AVI (CEN, EAS, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Physical Description
289 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Ages 8-12
Summary
An Italian boy loses his family after arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. While searching for a clue as to where his family has gone, he gets caught up with a gang of boys who steal to stay alive. When unexpected betrayal leaves him scrambling, it will take all the street smarts he's gained to find a way back to his family.
Subjects
- Italian American children > Juvenile fiction.
- Brigands and robbers > Juvenile fiction.
- Families > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
- Immigrant children > Juvenile fiction.
- Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
- Betrayal > Juvenile fiction.
- Italian American children > Fiction.
- Robbers and outlaws > Fiction.
- Family life > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
- Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
- United States > Social life and customs > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
- United States > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.