Hello, America: A Refugee's Journey from Auschwitz to the New World

Having withstood the horrors of Auschwitz and made it out alive, eighteen-year-old Elli is more than ready to leave behind the painful memories and start fresh in America. What she is not fully prepared for, though, are all the challenges of creating a new life in a completely new place -- especially one as hectic as New York City Within moments of stepping off the ship and into the arms of welcoming relatives, Elli's mind starts spinning with questions. Will she go to college? Will she have to take on a full-time job to pay the bills? And will she be able to fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher?

Elli has dreamed for years of this abundance of opportunity and possibility -- and to think, this is only the beginning

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/01/2006
ISBN: 9781416916253
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 6.98h x 4.66w x 0.64d

Review Citations: Kliatt 01/01/2007 pg. 36