by Pam Berkman
We are indebted to the expertise of all of these people. All errors are our own.
Thank you to the Berkeley Public Library and Contra Costa County Library for the access to every book we could possibly need.
We could not have written this book without the guidance and support of our writing partners: Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Michelle Hackel, Mary Mackey, Lisa Riddiough, and Elizabeth Stark. Thank you to Debbie Notkin for helping us successfully navigate the world of coauthoring a creative project.
Pam would like to thank Max and Caspian for their patience and understanding while Mom was busy writing, and her husband, Mehran, and sister, Brenna, for their support and love. Dorothy would like to thank her family and friends for their love, encouragement, and support. None of this happens without all of you. Thank you to the Writers Grotto and Word of Mouth Bay Area. And, of course, thank you to dogs. You’re all very good dogs.
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About the Authors and Illustrator
Pam Berkman has written books for grown-ups, and At the Heels of History is her first series for kids. She loves writing about events in history and thinking about how they connect to things that are happening today. She also works as an editor. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and twin sons.
Dorothy Hearst is the author of the Wolf Chronicles trilogy. She loves writing about canine characters, birds, and other creatures who can give us the chance to see ourselves in new ways. She is an acquiring editor, a martial artist, a self-defense-instructor-in-training, an avid hiker and reader, and a dog lover. She is not entirely domesticated, but is very food-motivated.
Claire Powell is a bestselling children’s book illustrator working in London, UK. She started out designing for big-hitting television brands before an impromptu visit to a children’s book exhibition led her down the path of illustration. Self-taught, Claire got her first book deal in 2016 and has never looked back.
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Simon & Schuster, New York
Also by Pam Berkman and Dorothy Hearst
Filigree’s Midnight Ride
Bo-Bo’s Cave of Gold
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2020 by Pamela Berkman and Dorothy Hearst
Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Claire Powell
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Book design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover and Rebecca Syracuse
Cover art for this book was rendered by hand and colored in Photoshop. All interior illustrations have been drawn by hand using pencil and graphite.
Jacket design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover
Jacket illustrations copyright © 2020 by Claire Powell
First Margaret K. McElderry Books hardcover edition August 2020
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Berkman, Pamela, author. | Hearst, Dorothy, author. | Powell, Claire, illustrator.
Title: Minsha’s night on Ellis Island / Pam Berkman and Dorothy Hearst ; illustrated by Claire Powell.
Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2020] | Series: At the heels of history | Audience: Ages 6–9. | Audience: Grades 2–3. | Summary: Separated from her family when they leave Beirut for America in 1921, Minsha the terrier befriends Yusef and faces challenges while helping him reunite with his family before seeking her own. Includes historical notes.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019039464 (print) | ISBN 9781534433380 (paperback) | ISBN 9781534433397 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534433403 (eBook)
Subjects: CYAC: Emigration and immigration—Fiction. | Terriers—Fiction. | Dogs—Fiction. | Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)—Fiction. | Family—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.B457 Min 2020 (print)
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019039464
