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The Orphan of Ellis Island

by Elvira Woodruff

Foster home careJuvenile fictionFictionItalian AmericansEmigration and immigrationEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)Time travelChildren's fiction

During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominick Cantori, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America.

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Book data: Open Library