Ellis Island and the immigrant experience
Ellis Island is situated in New York Harbor, and from 1892 until 1954 it was the main arrival location for immigrants coming to the United States. It is now part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
For more on the immigrant experience, see features on the Statue of Liberty and the North American Immigrant Experience.
Gwenyth Swain
Historical Fiction
For ages 10 and up
Boyds Mills Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-1590787656
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Elvira Woodruff
Illustrator: Michael Dooling
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Scholastic, 1999
ISBN: 0590677179
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Marie Raphael
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Persea Books, 2001
ISBN: 978-0892552566
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Louise Peacock
Illustrator: Walter Lyon Krudop
Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Simon and Schuster, 2007
ISBN: 978-0689830266
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Lucia Raatma
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 10
Compass Point Books, 2002
ISBN: 978-0756503024
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Ellen Levine
Illustrator: Wayne Parmenter
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 10
Scholastic, 1994
ISBN: 978-0590438292
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Gare Thompson
Historical Fiction
SeriesFor ages 10 and up
National Geographic, 2003
ISBN: 978-0792256823
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Carol Bierman
Illustrator: Laurie McGaw
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Hyperion, 2005
ISBN: 978-0786854998
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