Brooklyn Bridge
by Hesse, Karen
Sydney Taylor Award/HonorHistorical FictionComing of AgeJunior Library Guild SelectionCrown/Lamplighter NomineeHomelessnessEmigration/ImmigrationNew York
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AR Book Level
4.2
AR Points
6
Word Count
42,192
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
124429 EN
About this book
In 1903 Brooklyn, 14-year-old Joseph's life changes when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their home into a factory, while nearby Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.