From Newbery Medalist Hesse comes her first novel in more than five years--a powerfully evocative and accessible family story, set in Brooklyn at the turn of the 20th century, by turns serious, funny, and with a touch of magical realism. Includes a full-color spread. Illustrations. In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into...