false 3041813 0312378866 9780312378868 176 82 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3041813.Brooklyn_Bridge 4057 Karen Hesse 7939 1458 5 0 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:03:48 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:46:07 -0700 2009 It is a immigration story, an American story, a family story, a success story, a failure story - funny, heartbreaking, clever, poignant, and sweet beyond measure. It will be acceptable to both sexes, though it is not action packed. The narrator of the Michtom story is told by the son, 14-year-old Joe, who wants more than anything to go to Coney Island, but his family is just too busy making teddy bears. Through Joe's eye we see and "judge" all the people that make up the fabric of his neighborhood ( like Dilly the man with the pickle cart) and Joe's family.
Karen Hesse is a fantastic writer; most of her novel have been written in poetry form and all are very good to excellent, but this is the best! I hope everyone will read this book. ]]>