The Resource Brooklyn Bridge : a novel, by Karen Hesse
Brooklyn Bridge : a novel, by Karen Hesse
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Resource Information
The item Brooklyn Bridge : a novel, by Karen Hesse represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 229 p.
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Isbn
- 9780312378868
- Label
- Brooklyn Bridge : a novel
- Title
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- by Karen Hesse
- Subject
-
- trueJewish Americans
- Family -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Russian Americans -- Fiction
- trueFamily businesses
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSocial classes
- trueChildren of immigrants
- Homeless persons -- Fiction
- trueBrooklyn, New York City -- History -- 20th century
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- trueHomeless children
- trueFamilies -- New York City
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- trueAbandoned children
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Social classes -- Fiction
- Teddy bears -- Fiction
- Family life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Teddy bears -- Juvenile fiction
- trueImmigrants, Russian
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Social classes -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction
- true1900s (Decade) -- 1900 -- 1909
- Jews -- United States -- Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Russian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTeddy bears
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge
- Summary
- In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge
- Award
- Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2009.
- Awards note
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 285382
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hesse, Karen
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.H4364
- LC item number
- Bro 2008
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 680
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 6
- 9
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Family
- Teddy bears
- Social classes
- Homeless persons
- Immigrants
- Russian Americans
- Jews
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Coming of age
- Family life
- Teddy bears
- Social classes
- Homeless persons
- Immigrants
- Russian Americans
- Jews
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Brooklyn Bridge : a novel, by Karen Hesse
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Control code
- ocn213451392
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 229 p.
- Isbn
- 9780312378868
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2008005624
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213451392
- Label
- Brooklyn Bridge : a novel, by Karen Hesse
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Control code
- ocn213451392
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 229 p.
- Isbn
- 9780312378868
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2008005624
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213451392
Subject
- true1900s (Decade) -- 1900 -- 1909
- trueAbandoned children
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBrooklyn, New York City -- History -- 20th century
- trueChildren of immigrants
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- trueFamilies -- New York City
- Family -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamily businesses
- Family life -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHomeless children
- Homeless persons -- Fiction
- Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Immigrants -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction
- trueImmigrants, Russian
- trueJewish Americans
- Jews -- United States -- Fiction
- Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Russian Americans -- Fiction
- Russian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSocial classes
- Social classes -- Fiction
- Social classes -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTeddy bears
- Teddy bears -- Fiction
- Teddy bears -- Juvenile fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueImmigration, 19th and Early 20th Centuries : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueSydney Taylor Book Awards: Older Readers
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