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Dreams in the golden country the diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish immigrant girl

Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.

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Main Author: Lasky, Kathryn
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic, 1998.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Dear America
Subjects:
Jews > Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
Physical Description:p. cm.
ISBN:0590029738 (paper over board)
Author Notes:Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching.

She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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