01461cam a2200349 4500 70574960 TxAuBib 20101215120000.0 080324s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008005624 9780312378868 0312378866 (OCoLC)213451392 TxAuBib Hesse, Karen. Brooklyn Bridge / Karen Hesse. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2008. 229 p. : ill, maps on lining pgs. ; 22 cm. In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge. NC680 Lexile. 20101215. Russian Americans Juvenile fiction. Coming of age Juvenile fiction. Social classes Juvenile fiction. Families New York (State) New York Juvenile fiction. Teddy bears Juvenile fiction. Homeless persons Juvenile fiction. Jews United States Juvenile fiction. Immigrants Juvenile fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y) History 20th century Juvenile fiction. MRLJG