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Ethnic chronology volume no. 9
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English
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Chronologically traces the history and accomplishments of Poles in the United States from 1608-1972. Includes reproductions of documents pertinent to Polish-American history.
9) Rodzina
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English
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A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
"Rodzina Brodski knows she doesn't make a good first impression. Orphaned at age twelve, she's big, tough, smart, outspoken, and determined--and none of these are considered good qualities for a girl to have in the year 1881. But first impressions will be crucial as she rides the orphan train west...
10) In the beginning
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“Powerful . . . It successfully recreates a time and place and the journey of a soul.”—The New York Times
All beginnings are hard—that is the lesson David Lurie learns early and painfully in his life. As a boy in the depression-shadowed Bronx, he must begin to hold his own against neighborhood bullies and the treacherous frailties of his own health. As a young man in a world menaced by a distant, horrifying...
All beginnings are hard—that is the lesson David Lurie learns early and painfully in his life. As a boy in the depression-shadowed Bronx, he must begin to hold his own against neighborhood bullies and the treacherous frailties of his own health. As a young man in a world menaced by a distant, horrifying...
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Life was hard in my village in Poland. So I came to America. I have little money and I don't speak English. Will my dream of a better life come true?These graphic and colorful 48-page books meet Common Core genre requirements and feature a fictional story, two pages of nonfiction, and two pages of activities, giving students some background knowledge necessary to understanding historical events. Using fiction to amplify history also allows students...
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