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Hungarian Americans
4 Reviews
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4-6
When Hungarian relatives join Peti's family in their small apartment in America, Peti's parents are overwhelmed with worry for those still behind the Iron Curtain and do not notice that Peti's cousin is bullying him. This is an emotional story about a quiet boy who, with the help of his local librarian, learns to stand up for himself.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(2)
YA
Margaret Rose Kane spends the summer with a pair of great-uncles who have devoted their lives to building three sculpture towers in their backyard. When a local group plans to have the structures demolished, Margaret Rose rallies a group of kindred spirits to save the towers. Konigsburg tackles some big themes without sacrificing her usual incisive characterizations and inventive storytelling.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2004
(2)
4-6
Describing the events that changed him from a boy of ten to a man of eleven is the central theme of an ingenuous first-person narrative dealing with the (Hungarian) immigrant experience in the years between the two World Wars. There is no grand scheme here, no breathtaking adventure, only a gentle slice-of-life story that insinuates itself into the heart.
Reviewer: Mary M. Burns
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 1999
(4)
YA
Makers of the Media series.
This concise biography traces Pulitzer's life from his early years as an impoverished Hungarian immigrant to his success as a newspaper publisher who helped redefine American journalism for the twentieth century. The text adequately explores Pulitzer's public persona, but requires some reading between the lines in order to attempt to understand the private lives of the eccentric millionaire and his family. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
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