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Dear America: Dreams in the Golden Country |  | Studio: Scholastic
Category: Video
Buy Used: $3.99
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Seller: mcmillanbooks
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 628
Format: Color
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 30 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 718713798786
EAN: 0718713798786
ASIN: B00074XIGW
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Twelve year old Zipporah Feldman is a Russian Jewish immigrant living with her family in a crowded tenement on Manhattan's lower east side. While Zippy faces the challenge of learning English and making new friends, her older sister Tovah fights to improve the working condition's of her sweatshop and struggles to hide her forbidden romance with a handsome Irish boy. When old traditions clash with modern ideals, family tensions begin to escalate. To save her family, Zippy must find a way to respect their heritage while following her own dreams of the future.
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Unrealistic portrayal January 31, 2010
SenecaSister (the Adirondacks)
While I enjoy the Dear America written series, I did not like this adaptation. I bought it to show to my 8th grade Social Studies classes but thought it would give them an unrealistic picture of how immigrants lived. The main character was supposed to be a poor Russian immigrant girl but she lived in accommodations that are perhaps better than some of my students'!
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