A house of tailors

About this book

When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.

Subjects

HistoryGerman AmericansUnclesEmigration and immigrationJuvenile fictionSewingFictionChildren's fictionEmigration and immigration, fictionBrooklyn (new york, n.y.), fictionTailors, fiction