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Brooklyn Bridge

by Karen Hesse, Fred Berman

Teddy bearsHomeless personsFamiliesJewsRussian AmericansJuvenile fictionImmigrantsFamily life

In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Book data: Open Library