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World's Fair

The astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a time when the streets were safe, families stuck together through thick and thin, and all the promises of a generation culminate in a single great World's Fair . . .

Themes
Jewish
Subject
history
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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