While working in the iron ore mines of Minnesota alongside his father, young Otto Peltonen captures in a journal his family's struggles and personal hardships as new arrivals to the "land of the free." ---from the publisher
208 pages 978-0439092548 Ages 9-12
Keywords: historical fiction, journal, family, father/son, mining, overcoming adversity, immigrants, 19th century, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old
