Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story

Author: Eve Bunting

Teenage Annie Moore and her two younger brothers sail from Cobh, Ireland to be reunited with their parents who had emigrated to America three years earlier. Arriving in New York Harbor, Annie would be the first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island on January 1, 1892, her fifteenth birthday. To commemorate this event, matching statues of Annie and her brothers stand at the quay in Cobh Harbor and on Ellis Island. Dreaming of America is a fictionalized account of Annie's journey to America. Through Annie's story, Eve Bunting-an Irish immigrant herself- explores the hopes and fears of millions of others, who like Annie, made their homes here and helped shape our nation.

Year Released: 2000

Grades 4-6

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