the orphan of ellis island summary

Summary (continued). Summary. Dominic Cantori has a painful secret. Someone answers him but whisper… Lonely and afraid, he picks up display telephones talking to the recordings that are the voices of immigrants who talk about their lives and their journey to America.

In a fanciful and rich story, Dominic Cantori hides from his class tour of Ellis Island because he doesn't want anyone to know that he is an orphan. Physical Description: p. cm. Theme. My favorite character is Francesco. Authors website. ISBN: 0590482459 His class when to the Ellis Island Museum and he got very upset, hid in a closet and fell asleep.

When he woke up his class was gone, the museum was closed, and he was alone. He meets three orphans like him Francesco, Salvatore, and Antonio Candiano. The Orphan Of Ellis Island Plot. Summary: During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominic Cantori, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America. Filled with shame, Dominic flees from his class and hides until the museum is dark and deserted. Now, his only solace is the recorded voices on the display telephones of the immigrants who came to Ellis Island so long ago. He started to wander around … He’s an orphan, and he doesn’t want anyone to know it.

[Spoiler Alert - review tells plot]: The Orphan of Ellis Island is a story about an orphan boy who falls asleep on a field trip to Ellis Island and wakes up in 1908 Italy where he meets three brothers who are his great grandfather and great uncles. He falls asleep. The events of the story take place at Ellis Island, where a boy named Dominic, is on a class trip with his new class shortly after being placed in a new foster home, and eventually finds his way into a janitorial closet. When he wakes up, there is no students or anyone he knew who came to this trip in sight. Summary: This book was about an orphan named Dominic. He falls asleep in a closet, and wakes up in the now-closed and deserted museum. The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time-Travel Adventure By Elvira Woodruff Scholastic Press, May 1997 Ages 8-14 978-0590482455 hardcover 978-0590482462 paperback B000VA1PB2 audio edition Teacher activities.