by Karin Gündisch · Beltz · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783407784001
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«Das Paradies liegt in Amerika» is the historical children's and young adult novel by Karin Gündisch, published by Beltz in paperback (112 pages, in German).
In 1902, in a small German-Romanian town, Johann Bonfert watches his family emigrate to the United States, seduced by recruiters singing the wonders of America. His father and brother leave first for the steel mills of Ohio, and the rest follow later. Johann discovers that the United States is not the promised paradise and that fitting in is difficult.
Published in 2000, it belongs to the Gulliver collection (no. 400). The work was published in English as «How I Became an American» and won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 2002.
For children's and young adult readers, especially those interested in the history of European emigration to the United States.
