A Coming-of-Age Memoir... American Goulash is a story about a nerd girl jousting with her Transylvanian family on the battlefields of suburban New Jersey for a chance to grow up authentically awkward and live a so-called normal American life. Whether casting off old-world wives' tales or turning to art to cope with her immigrant family's general zaniness, Stephanie valiantly finds her own way through adolescence in this heartwarming, hilarious soon-to-be classic.- Provided by publisher.

Reprint of the 1st ed. published in The peoples of America series in 1948. Includes the history and traditions of the Hungarian homeland and the visit to the United States of the famous Hungarian national hero, Kossuth.
Request in the European Reading Room (Jefferson, LJ250)

Summary: Lazlo, who has just moved to the United States from Hungary, is ostracized at school until two girls have the courage to befriend him.
Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O'Toole were running and laughing-their first day of school was today! And they wondered just what was in store. Would this be a good year? Would school be a bore? Everyone remembers feeling excited and nervous each fall on the first day of school. It's no different for Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O'Toole. But this year, there's not only a new teacher to meet, but a brand new kid as well. Lazlo S. Gasky doesn't look or speak quite like the other kids, and no one is sure what to make of him. In fact, they respond to his arrival at Brookhaven School by taunting and teasing him. But when Ellie realizes how tough it is for Lazlo, she reaches out, and after school one day they share an afternoon of soccer, strudel, and chess. Besides making a new friend, she and Lazlo teach their classmates an important lesson-one that isn't in their schoolbooks-about accepting people who are different...and in getting to know Lazlo, the kids learn that people aren't that different from each other after all. From one of America's most respected journalists, The Brand New Kid is a heartwarming story about tolerance and the need to give others a chance that will entertain and inspire children and adults alike. - Provided by publisher.

Breakthrough chronicles the life, hard work, and accomplishments of Katalin Karikó, one of the pioneering mRNA researchers whose work led to COVID-19 vaccines, depicting her as an inspirational figure for readers interested in science - Provided by publisher.
Katalin Karikó is a biochemist and a researcher who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine together with Drew Weissman.

Stories of Hungarian Americans who came to the United States as children in the early decades of the 20th century.

A photograph with faint writing on the back. A traveling chess set. A silver pin. In her new memoir, noted scholar and author Susan Rubin Suleiman uses such everyday objects and the memories they evoke to tell the story of her early life as a Holocaust refugee and American immigrant. In this coming-of-age story that probes the intergenerational complexities of immigrant families and the inevitability of loss, Susan looks to her own life as an example of how historical events shape our private lives. After the Nazis marched into Hungary in 1944, five-year old Susan learned to call herself by a Christian name, hiding with false papers in Budapest with her parents. While her relatives in the provinces would be among the 450,000 Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz, Susan's close family survived and even thrived in the years following the war. But when the Communist Party took over Hungary, Susan and her parents emigrated to Chicago by way of Vienna, Paris, Haiti, and New York. In her adult life as a prominent feminist professor, she rarely allowed herself to think about these chapters of her past--but eventually, when she had children of her own, she found herself called back to Budapest, unlocking memories that would change the direction of her scholarship and career. At the center of this richly textured memoir is a little girl who grows up happy despite the traumas of her early years, surrounded by a loving family. As a teenager in the 1950s, she is determined to become "100% American," until a post-college year in Paris leads her to realize that her European roots and Americanness can coexist. At once an intellectual autobiography and a reflection on the nature of memory, identity, and home, Daughter of History invites us to consider how the objects that underpin our lives become gateways to our past. - Provided by publisher.

A serious young boy has to learn to take a stand for his own well-being. In 1952 eight-year-old Peti's Hungarian relatives come to live with his family in America. His older cousin Gabor is a sullen boy who argues with his parents and bullies Peti. Peti's only escape is to the local library, where he reads about everything from the solar system to pinhole cameras and secret codes. Peti wants Gabor to move out, but Uncle Jozsef can't find a job, and Peti's mother has to find work instead. The landlady is threatening to evict them, and the boys in the neighborhood are dreaming up trouble. To top it all off, Peti's mother worries constantly about her father, who is behind the Iron Curtain in Hungary. When the librarian invites Peti to go with her on a tour of the Rankin House, once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the day trip turns into much more than a chance to get away from tension at home. Peti comes back with a new understanding of friendship and family, new insights about human nature, and a new resolve to stand up for himself. - Provided by publisher.

Contents: 1. Children's Hungarian heritage / prepared by Ruth Biro -- 2. Hungarian immigrants in Greater Pittsburgh, 1880-1980 / prepared by Paul Bödy and Mary Boros-Kazai -- 3. Guide to historic Hungarian places in Greater Pittsburgh / prepared by Andrew Boros-Kazai -- 4. Hungarian community life in Greater Pittsburgh / prepared by Mary Boros-Kazai and Paul Bödy -- 5. Hungarian folk traditions revisited / prepared by Ruth Biro -- 6. Hungarian folk arts and crafts / prepared by Andrew Boros-Kazai -- 7. Survey of Hungary, past and present / prepared by Andrew Boros-Kazai and Paul Bödy -- 8. Hungarian historical sources and collections in Greater Pittsburgh / prepared by Mary Boros-Kazai -- 9. Bibliographical guide to Hungarian-American sources / prepared by Ruth Biro -- 10. Teaching guide for Hungarian curriculum kits / prepared by Jonathan Flint.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Juvenile literature.
A biography of the Hungarian-born Jewish physicist whose work in developing the atomic and hydrogen bombs, as well as the weapons system known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, still generates controversy. - Summary provided by publisher.

Maps on endpapers.
Fourteen-year-old Stephen, an aspiring musician, becomes a freedom fighter in the Hungarian rebellion against the Soviets in 1956. He and his friends learn to make Molotov cocktails, kill (despite agonizing remorse), and make coffins and bury the dead. Stephen's personal life is also in an uproar: he helps deliver his sister Maria's baby, and his father returns after being in prison for years. There's a thrilling escape, based on the experiences of Szablya's family, with Stephen's family fleeing by truck, by boat, and on foot through a swamp. The authors do a good job of conveying the horrors of modern-day urban warfare, which turns familiar surroundings into a battle zone, and readers learn some recent history as well as gain poignant insight into the making of everyday heroes.- by Susan Dove Lempke

World Famous Magician and Escape Artist.
Describes how the young Hungarian immigrant Ehrich Weiss worked to become the great magician, Harry Houdini. - Provided by publisher.

It is 1941. Hedy and her family are Jewish, and the Jew-hating Nazi party is rising. Hedy's family is no longer safe in their home in Hungary. They decide to flee to America, but because of their circumstances, sixteen-year-old Hedy must make her way through Europe alone. Will luck be with her? Will she be brave? Join Hedy on her journey-where she encounters good fortune and misfortune, a kind helper and cruel soldiers, a reunion and a tragedy-and discover how Hedy is both lucky and brave. Hedy's Journey adds an important voice to the canon of Holocaust stories, and her courage will make a lasting impact on young readers. - Provided by publisher.
For ages 8-12, grades 4-6.
Hedy Engle is the author's mother.

Illustrated by the author ; Hungarian translation by Sándor Daróczy.
Parallel English and Hungarian text.
Based on a true story, the books describes the childhood of a boy in the early 19th century in the Hungarian grasslands. When the nine-year old boy is expelled from school following a prank, he is sent to work for his uncle and is given an old, but unbroken race horse. The story relates the adventures that they embark on together.
The book first appeared in sequels in an American periodical.

A schoolbook about the history, culture, and religion of the Hungarian Americans; factors encouraging their emigration; and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.
Part of The People of North America series.
Request in the European Reading Room (Jefferson, LJ250)

Traces the history of Hungarians in the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present day and discusses their contributions to the physical and spiritual development of their new country. - Provided by publisher.
Photo selection and captions by Miriam Butwin.
Part of the People In America series.

Illustrated by Robert Doremus.
A biography of the newspaper editor who crusaded against corruption, established the Pulitzer Prize, and founded the School of Journalism at Columbia University.
Describes Josepf Pulitzer's life from age 5 when he was living in a small town in Hungary, the family's move to Budapest, and moving to the United States where he served in the Union army, and later established a newspaper.
Childhood of famous Americans series.

The story of Katalin Karikó, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose research of mRNA led to the world-altering development of the Covid-19 vaccine. When she was young, Katalin Karikó decided she would study science--even though she had never even met a scientist! But she was determined to learn as much as she could about the human body, and once she made a decision, she stuck with it. Katalin had to learn English while attending university, but she worked hard until she became a doctor. After facing many challenges, including lack of research funding and harsh immigration policies, Kati and her family uprooted from Hungary and moved to America, where she became a top researcher. She knew that, with work, she could teach one of the building blocks of life, messenger RNA, to fight off harmful viruses. There was just one problem--no one else believed her. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and Kati and her work were thrust into the spotlight. Includes a note from Dr. Karikó, a time line, and more information about mRNA. - Provided by publisher.

At ten, Istvan Csere is learning from his father all about running the family's chicken farm in South Jersey. The father, a flamboyant, proud character who fled Hungary with Istvan's mother on the brink of the First World War, has great plans for his family and their little farm. And Istvan is increasingly aware of his own responsibilities in helping to realize these dreams. First steps are taken -- money is saved for an electrical generator, seedlings for a fruit orchard are planted. Then something terrible happens and Istvan must suddenly take over as man of the family, having to rely on the lessons learned from his father sooner than he ever expected. Transforming her own family history into compelling historical fiction, Kathleen Karr examines a pivotal year in her father's childhood -- a year that changed his life forever. - Provided by publisher.

A part of the great Austrian Empire, Hungary, is a kingdom in itself, with its own laws and its own government. Through this land runs the "beautiful blue Danube," with castles and towns upon its wooded banks; on one side the mountains, on the other the Great Plains. Here dwell many races with quaint customs and quainter costumes, and it is of these people that you will read in Our Little Hungarian Cousin. - Provided by publisher.
Freely available online https://www.loc.gov/item/09028398

October 23, 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, an important event for millions of North Americans of Hungarian descent. Refugee Child is the compelling story of children's author Bobbie Kalman's experiences as a young girl during the Hungarian Revolution. A touching roller-coaster ride of emotions, Kalman writes her story from the perspective of a nine-year-old. She relives both her frightening experiences, as well as some warm and funny memories of her family, her flight to freedom, and her life-changing adventures as a refugee. - Provided by publisher.

By Mary Adrian [pseud.] Illustrated by Raymond Abel.
A 1957 hardback telling the story of Otto, a Hungarian boy who fled to America after his parents were killed.

[Our homeland; reading book for Hungarian children living abroad]
Hungarian-language reader published by the Hungarian school books publishing house.

Part of the Children of Other Lands series, in which recent immigrants to the USA recount their childhoods in their countries of origin.
Illustrated with black and white photographs.
Freely available online https://www.loc.gov/item/30012231

Contents: [1] Cserkészkönyv 1. 1969 -- [2] Cserkészkönyv 2. 1972 -- [3] Cserkészkönyv 3. 1970 -- [4] Kiscserkészek könyve 2. 197? -- [5] Játékos és tábortüzi könyv. 1969 -- [6] Kiscserkész vezetők kézikönyve. 1974 -- [7] Magyar játékszín. 1977 -- [8] Vázlatos magyar történelem. 1971