Rosie's family had come through New York's Ellis Island in 1907 with such high hopes. They knew, of course, that the streets weren't really paved with gold, but they looked forward to new opportunities. Opportunities did come, but along with them came hardships. Though the city was exciting, it was also overwhelming. Work was hard to find, and it sometimes seemed as if no one had time to help or even notice the newarrivals. Still, Rosie got used to her new life, and even though she missed her old friends, she made new ones who helped her through many hard times.

The author most likely included these details in order to read the excerpt from "justin lebo." it was a bmx bike with a twenty-inch trame. its original color was buried beneath five or six coats of gunky paint. now it showed up as sort of a rusted red. everything the grips, the pedals, the brakes, the seat, the spokes-were bent or broken, twisted and rusted, highlight the amount of money justin had to spend to restore the bicycle llustrate why justin wanted to give the bicycle away to someone else. emphasize how hard justin had to work to restore the bicycle. show why justin may have made a mistake in buying this bicycle