Giff, Patricia Reilly.
A HOUSE OF TAILORS
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2004.
IL 3-6
ISBN 0385908792
Going to America? No, this can't be true. Dina's older sister is supposed to be the one going. That was before Dina got into trouble with the soldiers. And now Dina is going to New York City. Her dream had always been to escape the drudgery of her mother's sewing shop. She just knows when she gets to the uncle's house in America that there will be no more sewing for her. She will live a life of luxury. But life in Brooklyn in the 1870s is not as she imagines. And worse than anything is the sight of the sewing machine in the uncle's small apartment. The rug under it is worn almost through -- a sure sign of the many hours of work done on that old machine. And Dina is the one expected to use it. She makes up her mind then and there to find a way to earn her passage back to Germany and her family. If she must sew, she would be happier back home. What will life hold for 13-year-old Dina?
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