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| Original Title: | Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl |
| ISBN: | 0439445639 (ISBN13: 9780439445634) |
| Series: | Dear America |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) |
Kathryn Lasky
Paperback | Pages: 188 pages Rating: 3.87 | 4339 Users | 145 Reviews
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This is the diary of Zipporah Feldman. Zippy's family came over to America in 1903 in hopes of a better life. Her father has already come over and established a life for himself and his family. Zippy has two sisters, Tovah, who becomes very involved in the unions, and Miriam, who falls in love with an Irish boy.Zipporah wants to do what is best for her family and help out whenever she possibly can. Her Mama and Papa will not let her work though, on account of her age, so Zippy must go to school. Since she is so behind in America, she must start at grade three and work her way up. Zipporah meets Blu, and together these two girls come up with a plan to be in the eighth grade in a short time.
Zippy's plans don't seem to go as she planned though when her family cannot get along, Miriam runs off with her boyfriend, Blu's father runs away and Blu falls behind in school, and Mama doesn't want to leave her old ways behind and become a true American. Zippy seems to push through everything as best she can in hopes of pursuing her dream of becoming an actress. Will things work out for Zippy in the end? Or will she be left with hanging dreams and never become who she has always wanted to be?
I liked this book, especially the way that it was set up. It was neat to read a book that was written like a diary, and this made it very easy and quick to read. The historical aspect of the book is greatly accurate, which makes this all the better to read because of how informational it is. Even though it is written in 1903 by a Jewish immigrant, it is even very easy to read because it is written in an eleven-year-old's language from 1903, but in a way that people of today can understand it very easily.
As a future teacher, I would use this book and probably anyone in the series for any historical unit I was teaching. I think that it would give the students a great look into how life would have been for them if they had been alive during this time period, and it will make them feel more connected to the reading because the character is around their age. Also, the fact that it is written like a diary so the pages are not completely full with text will make it more enjoyable by many students. Because it is a historical fiction book, this would be a great book to use to introduce this genre to students.
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| Title | : | Dreams In The Golden Country: the Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (Dear America) |
| Author | : | Kathryn Lasky |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 188 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2000 by Scholastic (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade |
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Zippora or what people call her "Zippy" has just come to America. She and her family are going to go stay with their dad. Their dad had been away in America for a long time, trying to earn enough money for them to come. Well after Zippy, her two sisters, and her mother have to wait to get a check up to see if they have any diseses. When someone came to check Zippy's eyes, she wrote something on her back. Zippy's sister took Zippy's jacket and put it inside out.When they saw their dad, they wereAs all books in the Dear America series, this one is written in a first person journal format. Its one of my favorite ways a book is written in. Dreams in the Golden Country is filled with lots of family drama. Between major events that happen with her sisters and small ones that happen with her parents, Zipporah certainly has her hands full. Her family has just come to America and they really struggle finding a middle ground between this new way of life and the ways of the old country. Over all
1903 Russia Proper was over six million square miles, and the Pale of Settlement was the only place Jews were allowed to live. It was 386,100 sq. mi. in the area we now call Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. It was not a self-governing body, as they were subjected to numerous anti-/Semitic decrees that limited various activities and professions. Life was unpleasant, but manageable.The Pale was abolished in 1917, when the Russian Revolution ended. Pograms were frequent, sabers rattled, homes
Zipporah (Zippy) Feldman is a Jewish Immigrant to America, she has heard of all the great opportunity in America, and is eager to take some. Zippy runs into all the greatness of America, as well as some of her downfalls. She starts school, makes new friends, and watches her sister, Miriam fall in love. This book was sweet. It is a true account of what Jewish Immigrants felt. It was well written, and full of information. I loved the sisters, even when different belifes seperated them. They still
It's 1903, and Zipporah Feldman, her older sisters Miriam and Tovah, and their mother have come to join Papa in New York City, fleeing the persecution of Jews in their small Russian village. As she struggles to adjust to the American way of life, fit in at her new school, and learn English, Zippy, as she is calld, writes in her diary of how her father is becoming more American every day, Miriam is in love with a Catholic boy, Tovah is obsessed with fighting for better labor condition, and Mama
*NOTE* Some spoilers.This was a great book - an accurate depiction of what life was like for immigrants coming to American and life for them on the Lower East Side at the turn of the century. Twelve-year-old Zipporah Feldman keeps a diary from 1903-1906 - we join her at her first days in America at Ellis Island where she writes totally in Yiddish. She improves in school, her English-written entries in italics. Her family has many struggles - a smelly, interesting boarder, her older sister Miriam
Another excellent diary in the series. This book was a great one to follow the shirtwaist factory diary I just read previously. Again, I learned a lot more than I had known, and I found myself getting very involved with the characters and their situations. It continually amazes me that stamina these early immigrants had to succeed. They are to be commended. I don't think people growing up in my time really have a full appreciation of it. I highly recommend this book to both young and older
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