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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing

ISBN-100689711301

ISBN-139780689711305

eBay Product ID (ePID)973278

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleJourney to America

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1987

TopicHistorical / Holocaust, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Religious / Jewish, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration

IllustratorRobinson, Charles, Yes

FeaturesReprint

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorSonia Levitin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight3.9 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN86-022234

Dewey Edition19

Grade FromThird Grade

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey DecimalF

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisFor use in schools and libraries only. In 1938, Lisa Platt, her mother and sisters attempt to flee from Nazi Germany to Switzerland, and then to America where her father waits for them., In 1938, Lisa Platt and her family know something dangerous is happening in Germany. Lately, there have been more and more restrictions for Jews: yellow stars they have to wear, schools they cannot attend, things they are forbidden to do. When their neighbors are arrested for petty reasons, the Platts realize they have to escape. Forbidden to bring money or possessions out of the country, Lisa's father secretly leaves for America, planning to work until he can send for them. But when conditions in Germany worsen, Lisa, her mother, and her sisters flee to Switzerland to wait, surviving on what little they have in a continent hurtling toward war. Inspired by Sonia Levitin's own experience of fleeing Germany as a child, this moving novel chronicles one family's bravery in the face of aggression and apathy.

LC Classification NumberLC 70-98616