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One Way to Ansonia

by Judie Angell

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At the turn of the century, ten-year-old Rose immigrates from Russia to America and eventually finds that her emergence into adolescence brings employment, marriage, motherhood, and self-determination.

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A young Jewish girl immigrates to America and grows up seperated from most of her family in New York City.

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Awards

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

Cardinal Cup (Noteworthy – 1986)

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)

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YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection – 1985)

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Teen, Tween, Kids
LCC: PZ7 .A5824 .O — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
BISAC: JUV JUVENILE FICTION Social Themes New Experience

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Languages: English, German
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 5
ASINs: 2

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Published: 1985
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Teen, Tween, Kids
LCC: PZ7 .A5824 .O

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