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Lost in the Empire City Cover Image Book Book

Lost in the Empire City / Avi.

Avi, 1937- (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063086951
  • ISBN: 0063086956
  • Physical Description: 289 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

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Summary, etc.:
An Italian boy loses his family after arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. While searching for a clue as to where his family has gone, he gets caught up with a gang of boys who steal to stay alive. When unexpected betrayal leaves him scrambling, it will take all the street smarts he's gained to find a way back to his family.

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Subject: Italian American children > Juvenile fiction.
Brigands and robbers > Juvenile fiction.
Families > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant children > Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Betrayal > Juvenile fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Italian American children > Fiction.
Robbers and outlaws > Fiction.
Family life > New York > Fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 6 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Killingly Library.

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