Download or read book Immigrant Kids written by Russell Freedman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-08-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s—but a freedom very different from what they expected. Cities were crowded and jobs were scare. Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops. In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman offers a rare glimpse of what it meant to be a young newcomer to America.