This book is part of a book series called Dell Yearling Books .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 199 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Yearling Books .

Gwenyth Swain is the author of more than two dozen books for young readers. She runs the library at Twin Cities Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. Swain was inspired to write about Ellis Island after hearing her grandmother's stories of a visit to the immigration station in the early 1900s. She lives in St. Paul. Hope and Tears was supported in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.