This book is divided into 13 brief sections where the Lower Eat Side Tenement Museum in New York City is re-created into apartments at 97 Orchard Street. This book familiarizes students with families who lived in this building which housed immigrants from the mid-1800’s to its closing in 1935. The building has now been preserved into a museum and is open for guided tours, providing glimpses into the crowded and uncomfortable condition of the tenants who came from many nations
but all of whom were poor. This book is great when covering the history of immigration from Europe to America. This book has won awards such as: Books for the Teen Age/ Voice of Youth Advocates.