This book features in the following series: History Series, You Choose-You Choose-History .
This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.
There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .
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.