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Sweet America

by Steven Kroll · February 12, 2001

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In 1889, after he and his family emigrate from Italy to New York City, fourteen-year-old Tony tries to adjust to becoming an American, while avoiding an Irish gang and befriending photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis.

Conduct of lifeGangsJuvenile fictionImmigrantsFictionItalian AmericansHistoryAméricains d'origine italienneRomans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
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