(Children's nonfiction) Eleven-year-old Samuel can barely contain his excitement to sail with his family from South Africa to live in the United States--then he contracts typhoid fever.
World War I has broken out. Samuel's parents have sold their business, their home--everything--to purchase passage on a freighter to the USA. Now their boy is in the hospital; and even if he lives, no ship will let him aboard for several weeks. Meanwhile, Atlantic crossings may not be possible for long.
Experience this family's heart-wrenching choice and its consequences through the eyes of the brave child who lived it. Stories of real immigrant children fascinate readers and transcend culture and time (35 pages/70 vintage images for children ages 6 - 11 years, 1st - 6th grades, ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE).
See the story unfold with actual photographs of Samuel P. Martin plus 1,000 read-aloud words adapted from his autobiography by award-winning author-illustrator and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (Horse & Dog Adventures in Early California--don't miss Beckstrand's 60 multiracial books).
#4 in the Young American Immigrants series (hybrid standalone--previous titles not required); The first ebook in the series is free. Discover all four inspirational kids' biographies in a bundle: Agnes's Rescue: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl, Ida's Witness, Anna's Prayer: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl (with lesson plans and online secrets): KidsWorldBooks.
LOOK inside! 8.5"x8.5", hard cover, soft cover, or ebook about immigrant kids, travel, family history/genealogy, moving, and modes of transportation; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (worldwide rights (c) June 2021), libraries, schools, and all major book distributors. None of our multicultural kids' books discuss CRT, gender, or orientation. Library of Congress control number: 2021931888; JNF053240, JNF038010, JNF009000, JNF058000, JNF025210, JNF007020, JNF002000; eISBN: 978-1005346508, soft ISBN: 979-8511690322, hard 978-1951599126
Author Biography:
Media professor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 25 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 ebook titles. His survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his multicultural kids' books have been lauded by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has lived abroad and worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His work reflects cultural diversity-not only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Beckstrand has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APUS, and a broadcast/film certificate from Film A. Academy. He teaches media at a state college and, since 2004, has run Premio Publishing. Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared via: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, and https: //PremioBooks.com
