When Jessie came across the sea /
Amy Hest ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
- 35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
Includes half title page.
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.
0439137020 9780439137027
Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction. Jews--Juvenile fiction. Orphans--Juvenile fiction. Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction. Emigration and immigration--Fiction. Jews--Fiction. Orphans--Fiction. Grandmothers--Fiction. Emigration and immigration. Grandmothers. Jews. Orphans.