The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time-Travel Adventure

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0590482467 ISBN13: 9780590482462 Release Date: January 1997 Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks Length: 192 Pages Weight: 0.38 lbs. Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.5" Age Range: 9 to 12 years Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7 An exciting time-travel adventure to Italy in 1908!One day, on a class trip to Ellis Island, Dominic Cantori faces his worst fantsty--a tour guide asks the children about their families. But Dominic is an orphan, living his entire life with one foster family after another and has no family to call his own. Not wanting to be part of this conversation, Dominic flees from his class and hides in the museum until everyone leaves and it's dark and deserted. Now, his only solace is the recorded voices on the display telephones of the immigrants who came to Ellis Island so long ago. But to Dominic's surprise, the voice of the Italian immigrant suddenly begins to speak directly to him! And before he knows it, he's trans