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Author:

Hesse, Karen.

Title:

Brooklyn Bridge [electronic resource] : a novel by Karen Hesse.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

BBC Audiobooks America

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 67784 KB).

Subject:

Audiobooks.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.--20th century--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.--New York--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Fiction.--New York--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--Fiction.--Fiction.
Jews--Juvenile fiction.--Juvenile fiction.
Russian Americans--Fiction.
Russian Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Social classes--Juvenile fiction.
Teddy bears--Fiction.
Teddy bears--Juvenile fiction.

Other Authors:

Berman, Fred.

Notes:

Downloadable audio file. Duration: 4:42:58. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Read by Fred Berman.

Summary:

In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.

ISBN:

9780792763185
0792763181 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)\9780792763185 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

Locations:

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)