The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time-Travel Adventure

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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: An Dramatic and Emotional Roller Coaster
Review: Orphan of Ellis Island is part fantasy and part historical fiction. The story is based on immigrants that came over from Italy to America for freedom and for families for orphans. This is a book filled with ongoing emotional events. We would recommend this book to people who like time travel and dramatic endings. So read Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff.

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Summary: The Orphan of Ellis Island
Review: The orphan of Ellis Island is a perfect book for people in 4-5th grade. It is a five star book about dominic and the candiano brothers. This book was very well written and I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: Hey, my life isn’t so bad!
Review: The Orphan of Ellis Island really touched me. It made me realize, hey, my life isn’t so bad! I always loved time-travels! It’s just amazing how the concept of this book comes along. (See end of book) Such detail! Every time you read it you learn something new!

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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.

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Summary: LCS Review
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.