The year is 1920; the setting is a small village in Poland. Fival and his family are extremely poor and live in fear of the Cossacks and their pograms against Jews. Fival's father has gone to America to find work and save money, so he can send for the rest of the family. When the passage money finally arrives, Fival and his family move to Duluth, Minnesota to join his father. Based on the true story of Phil Myzel, this novel by Linda Glaser tells an absorbing, hopeful story of immigrants to America in the early twentieth century. It is a resource for social studies classes.
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