Skating with the Statue of Liberty
- ISBN-10
- 0307929558
- ISBN-13
- 9780307929556
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-04
- Publisher
- Yearling
- Author
- Susan Lynn Meyer
Description
After having escaped with his family from Nazi-occupied France, Gustave finds a home in New York City but is still worried about Marcel, his good friend whom he left behind, and is surprised to find bigotry in America, too.
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