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General description of the books in this series A Sample of the text The Free teacher resource supplement (Please note: This is a preliminary copy of the supplement. You can use it, but forgive typos and other problems you many find. The finished version should be available soon.) |
Little Italy An 80-page reader for Little Italy, reader - $9.50 Little Italy, audio CD - $9.50 Little Italy, reader/CD set - $19.00 |
Here is the brief story summary
Little Italy is the story of the Trella family. In 1920 Vito's land is worn out, and he can't sell his oranges. Sadly, he leaves his Italian homeland and sails to New York to get work and save enough money to bring his wife, Rosetta, and their three children to America. For more than two years he works as a stonecutter, building the new skyscrapers of New York. It is dangerous work. Finally, he saves enough money for four tickets. Rosetta and their children join him. They make their new life on Mulberry Street in New York's Little Italy. Rosetta finds the city dirty and depressing at first, but she learns to love her Italian neighbors and her church. They have four more children. Then Vito falls, is injured, and must take a job making paper flowers; the whole family helps. All seven children finish high school and get good jobs. Vito and Rosetta stay in Little Italy. The novel ends as their youngest child, Dominick, graduates from high school with honors.
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