Dreams in the Golden Country
by Kathryn Lasky
Taste attributes: historicaldramawholesomelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalfish out of water/culture clash
Boxlist takeA good-natured historical novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like warmth over edge.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
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- Author
- Kathryn Lasky
- Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 190
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- Open Library
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