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by Deborah Hopkinson
Gere: nonfiction
Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Vocabulary Word - Meaning
advice- an opinion about what should be done
advised- gave advice to; offered an opinion
circumstances- conditions that accompany an act or event
elbow- to push with the elbow; make your way by pushing
hustled- hurried along
immigrants- people who come into a country or region to live
luxury- something pleasant but not necessary
newcomer- a person who has just come or who came not long ago
peddler- a person who travels about selling things carried in a pack or in a truck, wagon, or cart
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