The Orphan of Ellis Island

Reviewed Kirkus Reviews 1997-01-15 (posted 2010)

As of 2016-06-19, WorldCat library records provide conflicting data. The book is not found in LC Online Catalog (although one copyright page cites LCCN 95-45613 per Amazon "Look Inside!") and automated search of that catalog hits the short title only in the Contents list for Teaching reading strategies with literature that matters to middle schoolers (Scholastic, 2006), {{LCCN|2006286070}}.

1st ed. {{OCLC|33406510}} (as 174 pp) -- "Contents: Includes author's note, a map of Italy, glossary, and a pronunciation guide for names and places." -- "Series Title: A Time-Travel Adventure." Cover image from Amazon US 2016-06-19 with "Look Inside!" that shows

• Copyright page:
• -- Library of Congress CIP data for LCCN: 95045613 (not found online) including title "The Orphan of Ellis Island: a time-travel adventure"
• -- 7th printing per numberline
• -- "First edition, May 1997"
• -- credits book design, title page photo (title page missing)
• selection includes p[1]-8, 177, [181], "Page 182 is not included in this book preview"; implies Glossary p177-80, Bibliography p181
• Back inside cover(?) credits front jacket painting, back jacket photo, jacket design
• Backcover bar code implies price 15.95

Reviewed by Kirkus 1997-01-15 (posted 2010), this ISBN as 181 pages

The book should be examined at least with regard to title, series, ISBN, pagination. As of 2016-06-19 WorldCat library records show:

• OCLC 946170553, 679759132: two alone give the short title. Both state ISBN 0590482467. One states 1997, Braille book. The other (c)1997, 181 pages.
• OCLC 45456538 states ISBN 0590482467, 174 pp, "First Trade paperback printing, August 2000".
• OCLC 792941735 states ISBN 0590482467, 174 pp, [quote] "Apple paperbacks"--Cover.
• This is not a complete account.

For ISBN 0590482467 as of 2016-06-19, Amazon US states 192 pp, "Scholastic Paperbacks; Reissue edition (1997)", 7.5 in; provides "Look Inside!" the 1997 hardcover, above.