The King of Mulberry Street

The book The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli was a very interesting book. The reason is, this book had an amazing plot and was a fascinating story about the 1890s and what children had to do just to survive living in America. I couldn't put it down, it was so interesting! What amazed me about this book was how a little boy was sent into America alone to survive! The boy's name was Beniamino before he left to America, but when he got there his name was Dom, changed by the people he met to protect him. Just to show how bad living was in America, Dom spent his first night in America sleeping in a barrel next to a dead dog. Luckily, he made friends along the way, but Dom has to face the decision whether he should go home to Napoli, or stay in America. This book taught me to be extremely thankful for what you have, because you never know how hard other people have it to get you there. It also taught me how many struggles Jews in the late 1800s had to face just to be Jewish. It was a great book!

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