This book is dedicated to my ELA teacher Mrs. Allegretto who taught me everything I now know in life. Thanks for teaching me MLA because now I will be able to avoid plagiarism, establish credibility, and have a consistent format. With your amazing teaching skills I am sure that I will go far in life. Also big thanks to my mommy and daddy who taught me to be literate at age 13 so I could be able to write this book. This book was created and published on StoryJumper™
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Once long ago... around 1891, in a land called the Netherlands, lived two young people. Their names were Aaltje Vissia and Johannes Jellema and they were in love.
They lived in a small town called Maastricht andhad been childhood friends their whole lives.
When Aaltje got old enough to be married her father said, "We shall marry you to Petre Woodhumphlgotten!" Aaltje
and Johannes were devastated because they wanted to be
married.
Petre is the one
In secret, they devised a plan to leaveand go to America so they could marry
each other and not be restricted by Aaltje's
father's wishes.
While Aaltje watched the door, Johannes packed up their bags.They brought with them all the money they had saved, provisions,
so they wouldn't go hungry on the boat, and clothes. Each also
brought one personal item.
They left in secret and tried to clothe
themselves like Americans to fit in. When they
got to the port, they had to wait several days
before allowed on the boat to get their health
inspected.
They got on a boat and began sailing away.
Aaltje and Johannes missed their family. Aaltje
missed her little sister the most.
There were a lot of people on the ship. It was
crowded,smelly, and many people got sea sick.
When they got to America, they had to wait a
while til they could pass all their tests to get
into America. The Immigration Act of 1891 had
just been passed and only people that could
take care of themselves, and were healthy
could come into the United States.
They were let in, and Aaltje andJohannes began to look for a good
area to live.
Aaltje and Johannes wanted inexpensive land,
so they decided instead of settling in a large
city like most immigrants, they were going to
build a farm out in Georgia.
It was very hot on the farm, and their neighbors were
wary of them at first. Even though Aaltje and Johannes
spoke English well, they could barely understand their
neighbors because of their rich Southern accents.
Because of this, they did not talk much.
When they went into town to buy food, people
didn't say hello or exchange pleasantries; it
was as if Aaltje and Johannes were invisible.
They got married, and the only personwho showed up was the pastor.
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This book is dedicated to my ELA teacher Mrs. Allegretto who taught me everything I now know in life. Thanks for teaching me MLA because now I will be able to avoid plagiarism, establish credibility, and have a consistent format. With your amazing teaching skills I am sure that I will go far in life. Also big thanks to my mommy and daddy who taught me to be literate at age 13 so I could be able to write this book. This book was created and published on StoryJumper™
©2014 StoryJumper, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publish your own children's book:
www.storyjumper.com
Once long ago... around 1891, in a land called the Netherlands, lived two young people. Their names were Aaltje Vissia and Johannes Jellema and they were in love.
They lived in a small town called Maastricht andhad been childhood friends their whole lives.
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