Making It Home

Authentic photos, documents, projects, and games let the reader experience history in a new way. It starts with one new (older, nerdy, bossy) stepsister, one mysterious book in an antique store, and one relic. They take two brothers back in time to the turn of the twentieth century, when millions of people are immigrating to America.

For the newcomers trying to make New York City their home, it’s a place of dreams, hard work, and opportunity—and poverty, hardship, and illness.

But how can thr...