Bibliograph

Skating with the statue of liberty, Susan Lynn Meyer

Type

Label

Skating with the statue of liberty, Susan Lynn Meyer

Language

eng

resource.governmentPublication

unknown if item is government publication

Index

no index present

Intended audience

710L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Skating with the statue of liberty

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

946536127

Responsibility statement

Susan Lynn Meyer

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.8, 10, 10, 181415

Summary

In this gripping and poignant companion to Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner Black Radishes, Gustave faces racism and anti-Semitism in New York City during World War II, but ultimately finds friendship and hope. It is January 1942, and Gustave, a twelve-year-old Jewish boy, has made it to America at last. After escaping with his family from Nazi-occupied France, after traveling through Spain and Portugal and across the Atlantic Ocean, he no longer has to worry about being captured by the Germans. But life is not easy in America, either. Gustave feels out of place in New York. His clothes are all wrong, he can barely speak English, and he is worried about his best friend, Marcel, who is in grave danger back in France. Then there is September Rose, the most interesting girl in school, who for some reason doesn't seem to want to be friends with him. Gustave is starting to notice that not everyone in America is treated equally, and his new country isn't everything he'd expected. But he isn't giving up

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor