{"product_id":"9781616238070","title":"Albert's Journey","description":"Albert’s Journey is an immigrant success story: the tale of an uncle,\u003cp\u003eborn in a sleepy Italian town, who comes to the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eduring the great wave of immigration in the first decades of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20th Century. Albert eventually sets out on his own path, moving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto California and planting his own family roots. Growing up, going\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto high school, finding his true love and building a wide circle of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamily and friends, this biography mainly depicts the life of a young\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmigrant boy who – thousands of miles away from his familiar,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomfortable boyhood home – decides to discover for himself all that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis new country promises. Albert’s Journey touches on the lives of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emany millions of immigrants who came to the United States, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill come, to find a better life; it’s a warm, poignant reminder that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esomeone new and unfamiliar in our country is, at heart, not that much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edifferent than those of us who desire a happy life; one full of love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamily and friends, and motivated by a passion for doing whatever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe hope to do. Easy-to-read and filled with photos, the story is ideal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor young preteen and adolescent readers studying the history of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmigration; just the book for those who want to learn more about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe personal experiences and adventures that immigrants, especially\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethose close to their own ages, found in their new national home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cold Pond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49998783185136,"sku":"9781616238070","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616238070","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}