Land of Hope (Ellis Island Series)

by Joan Lowery Nixon

Book Overview

Russian immigrant Rebekah Levinsky hopes desperately that her dream will come true in America. On the difficult ocean journey to the "land of opportunity" she meets two other girls--Kristin Swensen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440215978
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.5" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

i dunno a title for it maybe,"it was a good book"

This was a really good book! It tells about how jewish, scottish, and all other types of peoples come i mean came from other countries to America. A girl named Rebeka Levinsky is the main character in the book. Her family is all admited to the United States except her grandfather who later dies in Russia. She meats new people and finally gets the education she has wnated for so long. Over all i give it 5 stars(like 4.6 or somethin like that). Sorry for all the typoes, I am tryin to work on my typin for school. Odoyle Rules! my email is tylermains_17@hotmail.com if u got any questions.

Realistic portrayal of life 100 years ago!

What a realistic beautiful portrayal of life 100 years ago! The struggle of the immigrants to make it in the States is realistically portrayed. I actually felt like I was there in that awful-smelling steerage hold & the scariness of the storm. I thought it was interesting & neat that three girls from three different countries & religions form a strong bond. Ellis Island was really accurate too; I especially loved the scene where the immigrants see Ms. Liberty (I personally think she's the most beautiful statue in the world!). But what was really true-to-life was the struggle once the Levinskys get to the States & the portrayal of the sweatshop they're forced to work in seven days a week. The descriptions were so vivid that I could actually feel the heat & grime of the garment sweatshop as well as visualize the rampant poverty & noisiness of the Lower East Side of New York. It made me think of how we've come a long ways since, but still have a ways to go. A great historical read for history buffs!

makes you want to read it again

I recieved this book as a present in 5th grade. i read it and loved it, it was only until now in 11th grade i recieved an assignment on immigration where we had to incorporate a novel with history. I remembered my favorite book Land Of Hope, so i chose to read it again and even though the reading level was for someone much younger i still loved it.

excellent book!!!!!!

I thought this book was interesting. It is about the hardships a 15 year old girl go's through to reach "The Land Of Hope". It tells a lot about Ellis Island. A definate read!!!!!

In order to survive Rebekah's family moved to America .

Land of Hope is a very realistic book. It tells the reader about what it was like to be a Russian Jew traveling steerage class on a boat to Ellis Island. It also describes realistically what it was like to be a refuguee. This is a very good book. I would reccomend it to everyone who likes to read. Tara Kavaler 5th grade