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Brooklyn Bridge (2008)

by Karen Hesse(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0312378866 (ISBN13: 9780312378868)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Feiwel & Friends

review 1: For this book report I read Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse. This book is a historical novel which is grouped with drama. Joseph Michtom feels as if he's more lucky than most kids in his neighborhood, his family owns a candy store which soons changes, because of this reason there family is starting to get more money. Joeseph's aunts are trying to move but is not working out well. For 10 years his aunt has been living by herself because of a horrible accident and while she was at Coney Island she ran into someone that will completely change her life. Throughout the book more drama and mysteries occur which is why I liked it. Out of 5 stars I rated this book a 4. This is because I think the author could've been a bit more specific on some of the events that happ... moreened.
review 2: I always enjoy historical fiction by Karen Hesse. This story is actually based on the real, Russian immigrant family, that invented the "Teddy Bear." It is set in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn New York. New York was a thriving, crowded city filled with recent immigrants. Joseph Mitchtom is 14 in the summer of 1903. His family ownes and operates a candy shop, until a story in the news paper about Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill an injured and restrained bear on a hunting trip, inspires his parents to create and sell the first "Teddy Bears." This story also has a darker side to it. In between the chapters about Joseph's family are short passages telling of the children who are homeless, some orphans, others the victims of abuse, who live under the Brooklyn Bridge. There is even a ghost who haunts the bridge and predicts the disappearance of children who live there. It is not a pretty picture. Theses children are literally "throw-aways." The ones no one wants or cares about. They struggle every single day just to survive. Reading this story makes one wonder how caring people could have turned their backs on helpless children. But then, things like that don't happen now days...or do they? I would recommend this books for older elementary aged students or middle schoolers. It might be a little frightening for younger children or those who are more sensitive to "scary" stuff. less

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