Lost in the Empire City by Avi Oprah Winfrey a thirty-eight-year-old grandmother

a thirty-eight-year-old grandmother

illustrations

part campus coming-of-age" (San Francisco Chronicle) — from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers

"Wildly entertaining

Lost in the Empire City by Avi Oprah Winfrey a thirty-eight-year-old grandmotherNewbery Medalist Avi is back with a gripping exploration of the immigrant experience at the turn of the twentieth century. A must read for fans of Moon over Manifest and Echo Mountain. When Santos father left their tiny town in Italy for America, he made Santo promise to keep their family together until he has enough money to bring the rest of them to the US. It takes a few years, but Mama finally gets word that their family can join Papa. Santo