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Arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy, Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine, struggle to surive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime of Italy.

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10 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Picador · 448 pages · 9780312425869
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Farrar Straus Giroux · 9780002007177
  • Other · English · 2006
    HarperPerennial · 433 pages · 9780006385288
  • Other · English · 2006
    Thorndike Press · 9780786283590
  • Other · English · 2005
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 433 pages · 9780374284954
  • Other · English · 2005
    Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429974264
ItaliansFictionEmigration and immigrationLarge type booksFiction, historicalFiction, historical, generalNew york (n.y.), fictionItalian americans, fiction