In 1892, nine-year-old Dom's mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. He is a stowaway, traveling alone and with nothing of value except for a new pair of shoes from his mother. In the turbulent world of homeless children in Manhattan's Five Points, Dom learns street smarts, and not only survives, but thrives by starting his own business. A vivid, fascinating story of an exceptional boy, based in part on the author's grandfather.
| ISBN: | 9780553494167 |
| Publication date: | 10th July 2007 |
| Author: | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Publisher: | Yearling an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |