Avi, 1937-

Silent movie / Avi, the author ; C.B. Mordan, the illustrator. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003. - [48] p. : ill. ; 20 x 29 cm.

"An Anne Schwartz book."

Wilson's Children, June 2004 School Library Journal, March 2003 Book Links (A.L.A.), April 2003 Booklist starred, March 2003 Publisher's Weekly, December 2002 New York Times, May 2003 Horn Book, October 2003 Kirkus Review, January 2003 Library Media Connection, August 2003

In the early years of the twentieth century, a Swedish family encounters separation and other hardships upon immigrating to New York City until the son is cast in a silent movie, in a picture book that evokes an actual silent movie.

3.3 K-3 Follett Library Resources

0689841450

2001033025


Immigrants--New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Silent films--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

PZ7.A953 / Si 2003

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