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Hesse, Karen.

Brooklyn Bridge : a novel / by Karen Hesse. - 1st Square Fish ed. - New York : Square Fish/Feiwel & Friends, 2011, c2008. - 229 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

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Fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life takes a dramatic turn when, in 1903 Brooklyn, his parents turn their apartment into a factory for making teddy bears; and Joseph wonders whether he will ever see the glitter of Coney Island.

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ISBN: 9780312674281

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bildungsromans.
Family life--New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Teddy bears--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Russian Americans--Fiction.
Jews--United States--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.H4364 / Bro 2011

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]