Product Details See 1 Edition from 5.49 Selected Format: Hardcover Condition: Acceptable 5.49 Save 5. It was published by Scholastic in May 2003. book by Susan Campbell Bartoletti ISBN: ISBN13: The Devil to Pay (Shayne Davies) (Book 1 in the Shayne Davies Series) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti See Customer Reviews No Synopsis Available. For fans of the series, this title will be a highlight-it’s entertaining and the characters leap off the pages. The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie is a fictional diary in the My Name Is America series. The book includes an imagined epilogue that continues the deception that this is a real diary, and a historical note provides the accurate context with numerous photographs. This story of life as a newsie, hawking papers on the streets of New York, is a standout in the series. Bartoletti’s engaging style using slang (heavy use of “my arse” throughout) and the family’s Irish background help the story to become much more than a recitation of historical facts. For The Journal of Finn Reardon, I traveled to New York City and walked the streets where Finn and his friends would. I visited the Tenement Museum on Orchard Street and toured an actual flat in which families like Finn's might have lived.
The 13-year-old’s buddies, Racetrack and Mush, are also newsies and, along with Grandpa Jiggsy, keep things humming. For 'The Journal of Finn Reardon,' I traveled to New York City and walked the streets where Finn and his friends would have lived, worked, and played. Finn’s desire to become a reporter does not extend to enjoying school, just as his father’s aspirations for wealth sometimes lead him outside the law. My Name Is America The Journal of Finn Reardon A Newsie New York City 1899. When his father dies, Finn Reardon must support his family. Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the author of picture books, novels. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site. |y .Finn’s Irish family embodies many of the hopes and dreams of immigrants as they endure the setbacks and challenges of poverty. Buy a cheap copy of My Name Is America: The Journal of Finn. Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s fictional account of the life of one of these young laborers, The Journal of Finn Reardon, presents a convincing portrait of life and hardships in New York City in the year 1899 (Scholastic). All about The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie, New York City, 1899 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. |a A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.
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