italian americans

Longing for a sibling in 1966 Chicago, fourth-grader Rosa is delighted with her mother's pregnancy, until tragedy strikes and her family struggles to deal with its grief.

In 1911 Gabriella lives two lives, one in an American high school and the other with her immigrant family in Little Italy on New York's Lower East Side.

Discusses the contributions of Italian explorers and immigrants to the history and civilization of the United States.

Examines the experiences of Italian immigrants in the United States, discussing the reasons why they left their country, and their efforts to find jobs, homes, and build new lives. Includes immigration figures, a list of famous Italian Americans, and other reference tools.

In 1908, eleven-year-old Innie joins the library club at a settlement house that serves immigrant families of Boston's North End, but when items and money disappear from the settlement house, Innie's past as a troublemaker puts her under suspicion.

A novel about the arrangements and rearrangements different generations of the DiGiacomo family coped with in the years after World War II, their personal characters and internal struggles, and the changes in America itself.

Writer and documentary filmmaker Kym Ragusa describes her racially and culturally mixed heritage, growing up in West Harlem in a time when the city was still racially divided, and the love of both grandmothers who gave her the love and stability to succeed.

As ten-year-old Umberto and his father are on their way from Italy to America in 1892, the father is thrown into the ship's brig and Umberto must fend for himself.