Bridge to America: Based on a True Story

by Linda Glaser

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Eight-year-old Fivel narrates the story of his family's Atlantic Ocean crossing to reunite with their father in the United States, from its desperate beginning in a shtetl in Poland in 1920 to his stirrings of identity as an American boy.

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Young Fivel and his family endure hunger, cold, fear and poverty in a Polish shetl while waiting to hear from his father in America. Once in America, Fivel must adjust to Minnesota and learn to appreciate his past. (

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STBA | Oct 15, 2007 |

Hear an interview about Bridge to America with author Linda Glaser and subject Phil Myzel on The Book of Life podcast's July 2006 episode at www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com.

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Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee – Grades 4-6 – 2008)

Minnesota Book Awards (Finalist – Children's – 2006)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2008)

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

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Eight-year-old Fivel narrates the story of his family's Atlantic Ocean crossing to reunite with their father in the United States, from its desperate beginning in a shtetl in Poland in 1920 to his stirrings of identity as an American boy.

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