Ten-year-old Johann recalls the hardships and triumphs of the immigrant experience in 1902, as his German family emigrates in search of the "paradise" said to lie in America.

• Fiction
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2002 (Medal Winner)
• Age: Middle
• Format: Book
• ISBN: 9780812648751

Notes

Published by Cricket Books/Carus Publishing. Originally published in German in 2000 as "Das Paradies liegt in Amerika."