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When Jessie came across the sea

A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hest, Amy
Other Authors:	Lynch, Patrick James (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 1997.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction. Jews > Juvenile fiction. Orphans > Juvenile fiction. Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
Physical Description:	p. cm.
ISBN:	0763600946 (hc : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Children's book author Amy Hest was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a children's librarian in the New York Public Library system and in the children's book publishing industry. She has written over thirty children's books, many of which included family and intergenerational themes. She is a three-time winner of the Christopher Medal and a winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography)