Hest, Amy. <br/><br/>
When Jessie came across the sea / 
 Making Meaning : Grade 5 Unit 1 Alternative title 
Amy Hest ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 
 - 40 unnumbered  pages :  color illustrations ;  27 x 29 cm. 
 - Center for the Collaborative Classroom : Making Meaning ;  Grade 5 Unit 1 Alternate title .
<br/><br/> Wilson's Children.  School Library Journal.  Book Links (A.L.A.). 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 3.5  3-6  470L  Lexile  S  Fountas 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0763600946 (alk. paper)  $16.99 ($19.99 Can.) 0758744099 (BWI bdg.) 9780613694841 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97006250 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emigration and immigration--Fiction.<br/>Jews--Fiction.<br/>Orphans--Fiction.<br/>Grandmothers--Fiction.<br/>Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.H4375  / Wf 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>E HES