Peppino and the Streets of Gold

by Ann Rubino, Julie Sulzen (Artist)

After living under dictatorship and through WWII in Italy, Peppino arrives in America in 1948 expecting to find streets "paved with gold." Instead he finds himself a foreigner, a Dago, living above a grocery shop with his parents and his Uncle Carlo, who sneaked in illegally through New York. He isn't prepared for the slush and bone chilling cold of a Chicago winter. When his old friend Dominic shows up, the temptation for the boys to connect with the "Outfit" who control the streets around Grand Avenue is fierce. They'd have money, a group to belong to, and life would be easy. Or would it?

184 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2016

Reviews

[Ann Rubino]

I'd better like it, since I wrote. it. Honestly, I think I'm getting the hang of this thing. There's so much gritty reality in this one. Everything wasn't easy-peasy for immigrants in the 1940's, any more than it is today. Kids new to this country can relate to what Peppino went through.

[Diane]

Wonderful historical fiction book for kids! more on http://bookwinked.wordpress.com