Black and white photographs poignantly chronicle the lives of children who immigrated to the United States in the late 1800's. Written information about living conditions, daily routine and typical experiences supplements the photographs. Includes photographs by Lewis Hines and Jacob A. Riis.

America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s—but a freedom very different from what they expected.  Cities were crowded and jobs were scare.  Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops.  In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman offers a rare glimpse of what it meant to be a young newcomer to America.