Agnes's Rescue: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl

#1 in the Young American Immigrants (nonfiction picture book) series. Get the ebook free.

Embark on a true adventure through the eyes of a child who sailed, rode, and walked it (portrayed in the motion picture, 17 Miracles). Nine-year-old Agnes hopes for a better life in the USA--but will she survive the journey to her new home?

Leaving her brother in Scotland (her father already lost at sea), Agnes sails with her Scottish-Irish mother and siblings to New York in 1856. They take a train to t...