At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices by Louise Peacock and Walter Lyon Krudop ill. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007.

ISBN: 978-0-689-83026-6

Annotation: The historical importance of Ellis Island is revealed through the many voices of those who entered the United States through the Great Hall. The story is told of a young girl visiting the island today, whose great great grandmother immigrated through Ellis Island. A parallel immigration story is told of an Armenian girl of the same age in the 1900’s. Across the pages are clips of many primary source voices of their experiences during their immigration.

Media: gouache

Rating: 4Q/4P

RAC 7.30.09

At Ellis Island:  A History in Many Voices by Louise Peacock and Walter Lyon Krudop, ill.  NY:  Atheneum Books for Young

     Readers, 2007.  ISBN 978-0-689-83026-6

Told in the voices of those who experienced it, this fictional account includes the imagined story of a young girl, Sera, coming to America in the 1900's and the true stories and pictures of several real immigrants.

Illustrations:  Gouache and historical photographs

Themes:  Ellis Island, Immigration

Curricular Connection:  History and Social Studies, grades 5 and up.  American history during the 1900's.

4Q/4P

ggolden

7/17/09

Peacock, L. (2007). At Ellis Island:  a history in many voices. Illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop. New York:  Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

ISBN-13: 978-0-689-83026-6

In fictionalized accounts, two girls tell the stories of their visits to Ellis Island, nearly 100 years apart.  Sera, a 10-year-old Armenian immigrant traveling alone in the early 1900’s recounts in letters the hardships she endures and the hope she clings to, while the modern visitor thinks of what her great-great-grandmother would have experienced when she came through the immigration-processing station generations before.  Interspersed throughout are archival photos, illustrations, and quotations from actual immigrants and Ellis Island personnel that pay tribute to the immigrant experience.

Curricular connection:  Immigration through Ellis Island/Grade 11/ HSS 11.2 and Grade 5/ History-Social Science

Artwork: Sepia-tone photos, gouache paintings, slightly scrapbook styleSubjects: Emigration; Immigration; American melting potTheme: The immigrant experience, especially the hardships, has made the United States the melting pot that it is and gives Americans a sense of pride.

Categories: Fiction (with non-fiction material interspersed)

Age Level Recommendation:Upper Elementary Rating:  3Q/2P

 AAS 5-3-08

At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices by Louise Peacock and Walter Lyon Krudop ill. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0816034147

A modern girl visits Ellis Island and imagines what her great-great grandmother went through as an immigrant from Armenia, she is aided by letters written by her great-great grandmother.

   - Media: Gouache, Sepia-Tone Photos, Mock Letters
   - Rating: 5Q/4P

   - Curricular Connections: Grades 5-9 Social Studies, History

CHA 8/1/09