Junk Man's Daughter (Tales of Young Americans Series)

By: Sonia Levitin

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Synopsis: When we were still in the old country, every night Papa told my brothers and me about America. "You will see, Hanna," Papa said "There are streets of gold." It wasn't long after arriving in America that Hanna learned that the streets were not paved with gold. Instead, her family was met with great struggle. Her father and mother both worked hard just to make enough money for the family to survive. Then one day Hanna sees something glinting in the sunlight-- something like gold! She and her family begin collecting "junk" to sell, and after long days and nights and much hard work, they finally earn enough to buy a cart to haul the junk around in, and then enough to buy a truck. By the time Hanna is an adult, the family owns a fleet of trucks and a very profitable company. Junk Man's Daughter is a truly heart-warming story that shows that with plenty of hard work and a little bit of luck, the sky is the limit.