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Click to enlargeIF YOUR NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND
by Ellen Levine, Illustrated by Wayne Parmenter

If your name was changed at Ellis Island, would everyone in your family have traveled together? How long would you have stayed at Ellis Island? Would you have to be able to speak English? This book tells you what it was like when Ellis Island was opened in 1892 as a center for immigrants coming to live in America. Scholastic books, paperback, 80 pages.


IF YOUR NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND ISBN 0590438298$5.99
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