How I became an American; a historical fiction project

c16tk — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:55:49 +0000

We have been studying historical fiction books in my class. We were allowed to choose from a few fiction (the fiction part is a bit obvious. Remind me to make it better next time) books about people who emigrated from another country. I chose a book called How I became an American. It is about a boy that emigrated from Rumania and came to Youngstown, Ohio. By the end of the book, his mother had had nine children, and only five of them had survived past being a baby. This is what the cover looks like:

Of course, the real book doesn’t have the words “search inside” on it. The book starts with the boy (named Johnny) being born in 1892. He is born in Austria-Hungary, and when he is two, he moves to Rumania, where he lives for eight years. He is the sixth child, the third to survive. During his life, his brother Emil is born. In 1902, his family works out a plan for them all to go to America when they have enough money. First Johnny’s father goes. He works his hardest and sends money for Peter, Johnny’s brother, to immigrate. Then they work as hard as they can and they send money for the rest of the family to come to America. By the time the plan goes into action, Johnny has another sibling, named Eliss (English translation Alice). I won’t tell you more because of the same reason as last time-you might take my word for it and not read it yourself.

So now I’m ending this post. But I’m not giving you a sneak peak this time. Remember what you did last time? You kept asking for more. Oh, now you’re begging for a sneak peak? I knew I shouldn’t have said that. Next time I won’t even mention a sneak peak. But that won’t stop you from begging for it? Oh dear…

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How I became an American; a historical fiction project