- Jessie is poor.
- The setting is a long time ago.
- Jessie didn't want to learn to sew.
- Jessie lives in a different country.
- Everyone thinks that they should go to America.
- The Rabbi want's Jessie to go to America and help with the sewing.
- Jessie's Grandma say's that Jessie should to go to America.
- Why would the Rabbi want Jessie to go to America.
- I think Jessie is only 13 years old and she would be scared to go on a boat without family.
- Jessie Is bringing lace for sewing.
- Jessie's mom's wedding ring is missing.
- Jessie was feeling sick on the boat.
- Jessie might not afford to come back to her home
- Jessie is sewing even thought she didn't want to learn.
- They saw the statue of liberty so the story took place after 1885.
- Jessie was disappointed that Grandma couldn't see it.
- Jessie is 13.
- Jessie just made a friend and lost him.
- Jessie wrote a note to Grandma to tell her about New York.
- Jessie gets 3 coins a week.
- New York was way more packed than her town.
- Jessie likes to sew now.
- Jessie knows how to make expensive wedding dresses.
- Jessie Doesn't know how to speak english.
- Jessie is making money from sewing.
- Jessie found Lou in the park.
- Jessie is going to marry Lou.
- Jessie's jar is filled with money
- Jessie bought a ticket to America for her grandmother.
- Jessie found Grandmother when the boat came.
- Grandmother brought Jessie's mother wedding ring band to America.
Questions:
| Answers 1. I liked how Jessie allways wanted her grandmother with her. I disliked how Jessie didn't want two learn sewing eventhough it was going to be imported in her later. 2. I like that historical fiction has real things in it but there was a twist in the story. I dislike how historical fiction sometimes just a little real and a lot fiction. 3. I was thinking that Jessie didn't have many people in her life and that she needed her grandmother to be with her. I wish that I knew that the boy would be important. |