Silent movie / Avi, the author ; C.B. Mordan, the illustrator.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 20 x 29 cmISBN:- 0689841450
- [E] 21
- PZ7.A953 Si 2003
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Avi | Available | 33111004275323 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Black-and-white images follow one after another.
The story of an immigrant family alone in a big city.
Close-ups of a mother, a son -- faces filled with heartache and joy.
Plenty of action.
Excitement.
Melodrama.
A Silent Movie.
In the early years of the twentieth century, a Swedish family encounters separation and other hardships upon immigrating to New York City until the son is cast in a silent movie, in a picture book that evokes an actual silent movie.