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Hope In My Heart

Sofia's Immigrant Diary, Book 1 (My America, Sofia's Diary)

by Kathryn Lasky · 2003

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After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.

FictionEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)ImmigrantsDiariesJuvenile fictionItalian AmericansEmigration and immigrationHistoryChildren's fictionItalian americans, fictionDiaries, fictionNew york (n.y.), fiction