Streets of Gold

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By Rosemary Wells
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Streets of Gold
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In a picture book inspired by Mary Antins classic immigrant memoir The Promised Land, Rosemary Wells brings renewed freshness to the story of Masha, a young Russian girl. In the last decade of the 19th century, the czars harsh antiSemitic laws forbid Masha, who is Jewish, from going to school. When her family immigrates to America, Masha not only achieves the longdesired education, but also gains success as a poet, and a love for her new country that will last all her life.

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3311 words3,311 words
40 pages40 pages
Lexile AD770LLexile AD770L
Grade K to 3Grade K to 3
Published 1999Published 1999

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Book ISBN:

9780803721494

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