Description
Fivel and his family live in constant fear in their village in northern Poland. Will the Cossacks harm them in their relentless pogroms? Cold and hungry, Fivel and his family long for the day when money will come from Father in America and they will be able to join him, free and safe. A story of immigrants and their struggles at a time and place when many people knew little about people from other places. Based on the true story of Philip Myzel and his family, who immigrated from Poland to settle in Duluth, Minnesota. For older readers, 10+