Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure

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Summary: Alright book for kids
Review:
While this book is strictly for younger audiences, it is a factual and easy read.

Dominic Cantori is a foster child who has been through many foster homes in his life. He does not know who his parents are or where he is from. On a field trip to Ellis Island with his classmates, he hides in a janitor's closet so that the other children do not find out that he has no real family. He ends going to sleep in the closet and wakes up to an empty Ellis Island Museum. He ends up going back in time to 1908 and meets a few boys who end up being his friends.

As I said, this book should be strictly for a younger audience. I say this because it is more than a little unrealistic and overdramatic. But it is okay.

~Atalanta

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Summary: Best Book I have Ever Read
Review: Dominic, a Lonely, boy, who just wants to have a real family... Different Schools....And his clothes are to small... But, when his school was on vacation in Ellis Island, The Story Started, a Remarkable adventure! I am 9 years old, Almost 1, and I could not put this book down, I was in fourth Grade, and Had no books to read, i lookedin our class library, I found a nice, new book, and thought I would give it a try! I finisheed it in 3-4 does just from spare tme in class! I think every kid, would Love this book! My teacher might order around 40 books next year for her class, because of my opinion! This is the Best Book I have Ever Read!

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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER!!!
Review: If u love adventure and suspense and all that... Then u gotta read this book. Wut really made me wanna read the book.. more.. is when he was listenin to the recorded messages of immagrants. then suddenly a voice starts talkin to him... Its like u can actually hear it in ur head. It was so cool. I couldnt wait to finish the book and see wut happened. Unfortanantly U gotta read the book cuz Im not tellin u. so.. READ ON!

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Summary: The Orphan of Ellis Island
Review: In the book, the Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff, Dominic Cantori, a fifth grader, has somthing he doesn't want to tell. Since Dominic is a orphan, he doesn't want any one to know about his family. While on a class trip to the Museum of Ellis Island, a park ranger asks the kids about their families. Dominic runs away from the group and falls asleep in a nearby closet.
When Dominic wakes up, the museum is deserted and dark. Dominic is scared and picks up the exhibit phones, hoping that this will pass the time and help him forget his fears. He just talks to the recorded voices of immigrants, the people from far away places. Suddenly, an old italian immigrant joins in his conversation. Next thing he knows, Dominic goes back into the world of this old man, in the year 1908.
Dominic meets three kids. Their names are Fransesco, Salvatore, and Antonio Candiano. The three kids are orphan brothers and live in an Italian village in Avaletto, Italy. The kids do have shelter and a friend who is priest named Father Tomasso. The Candiano bothers also have a goat name Violetta. They pick lemons for money. These bothers accept Dominic as family.
The novel is unlike any other novel. The genre is definitely different, with historical fiction and some fantasy making it an adventurous and exciting novel to read.
Our group rates the book, The Orphan of Ellis Island, four out of five stars. we rate the book this because the climax is at the end of the book and the begining of the book is not as interesting as the ending. It is a very good book that once you start, you will never be able to put down.
BY:
Rachel Fisher
Chris Vilkas
Gaje Darby
Seth Keplinger

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Summary: Good and sad book!!!!
Review: This book from Elvira Wodruff is good. It tells you how poor people lived. You can see how they live. They had no family. Dominic is the main character. Dominic didn't knew who his family was. Dominic, he is Italian and his family, when he was a baby he never saw them, just as a baby. This story takes place in New York, Italy, and a little bit of Californien. They where at Ellis Island. Dominic was with his class there to look at a family tree. Dominic wasn't looking at the tree because he will never knew who his family was. But when he is falling a sleep he got a dream and going back the time, he saw his family there when they was young.
I would go to the library and get the book it's good. I would like it , that the book goes longer, it was just intresting the the book ends, I didn't like that.

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Summary: Hey, my life isn’t so bad!
Review: This book was about a boy named Dominic who was transported to Italy in 1908. I thought the book was a really good book because it took place in Italy and that is my favorite country. I would highly recommend it to others. I am a fifth grade student at Liberty Corner School.