No. of pages 40
Published: 2013
By clicking here you can add this book to your favourites list. If it is in your School Library it will show up on your account page in colour and you'll be able to download it from there. If it isn't in your school library it will still show up but in grey - that will tell us that maybe it is a book we should add to your school library, and will also remind you to read it if you find it somewhere else!
This book is part of a book series called Tales Of Young Americans .
This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.
There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Sleeping Bear Press .
Gwenyth Swain is the author of more than two dozen books for young readers. She runs the library at Twin Cities Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. Swain was inspired to write about Ellis Island after hearing her grandmother's stories of a visit to the immigration station in the early 1900s. She lives in St. Paul. Hope and Tears was supported in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
This book is in the following series:
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.
Volunteer State Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Volunteer State Book Award.