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A House of Tailors

A House of Tailors

SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.

Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, sheâ€™s worked in her familyâ€™s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.

When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncleâ€™s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and threadâ€”and homesick to boot.

She didnâ€™t know she could be this homesick, but she didnâ€™t know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didnâ€™t know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailorâ€™s shop. And she didnâ€™t know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talentâ€”and her future.

In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dinaâ€™s eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Yearling
Manufacturer Yearling
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber FBA-|298466
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-08-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780440238003

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