A house of tailors

Giff, Patricia Reilly. (Author). Brown, Blair. (Added Author). Listening Library (Added Author).

Summary: SEWING! No one could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she's worked in her family'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 uncle'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 thread--and homesick to boot. She didn't know she could be this homesick, but she didn't know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn't know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor's shop. And she didn't know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent--and her future. In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Listeners will enjoy experiencing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780739360712 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 073936071X (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
remote
Publisher: New York : Listening Library, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 3:28:35.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Blair Brown.
Target Audience Note:	Age group: Ages 9-12.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 49964 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.