more about: 97 Orchard

October 4, 2010 at 4:40PM |

A Few Words From Jane Ziegelman

Hello, Bookies: We got a very nice e-mail back from 97 Orchard author Jane Ziegelman, who was kind enough to answer a few questions we passed on. Here’s what she had to say: Where [...]

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September 24, 2010 at 4:12PM |

”97 Orchard”: The Baldizzi Family

Hi, everyone: In the final chapter of 97 Orchard, we meet the Baldizzi family. Adolfo and Rosaria Baldizzi are part of a wave of immigrants that enter the country illegally to avoid the quota [...]

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September 17, 2010 at 3:53PM |

”97 Orchard”: The Gumpertz and Rogarshevsky Families

We meet the Gumpertz and Rogarshevsky families in the next two chapters of 97 Orchard. Both Jewish (the former are from Prussia and the latter from Lithuania), these families have a much different dilemma [...]

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September 10, 2010 at 2:48PM |

97 Orchard: The Glockners and the Moores

Hi, everyone: I hope you’ve enjoyed meeting the Glockner and Moore families. In the first two chapters we learn about their moves to America and how each in its own ways influences or adapts [...]

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