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Title: Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-14-036391-2 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: November, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (67 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: letters from rifka
Comment: I chose this book because the cover looked interesting. also because I read what the story was about, and thought it was a good book.This book is about a young,jewish girl who lived arond World War II. she once lived in russia but had to leave because of the hatred of the jews. she was going to america with her parents and two brothers, Nathan and Saul. what the sad part of the book was, when she was on her way to america, she developed two diseases, typhus and ringworms.the government wouldnt allow rifka to go to america. she was seperated from her family until her diseases were cured. the reason that the book is called "letters from rifka" is because she writes fake letters like a diary in the the one possesion she owns, a small book of poetry by a poet named "pushkin". when she runs out of room to write in the book, she will send it to her cousin, tovah, who still lives in russia. i really enjoyed this book because of the events that happened in this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: I love this book!!! It was great!
Comment: I absolutely loved this book so much that I had to read the entire thing all at once. This is a (partially) true story about a 12-13 year-old Jewish Russian girl who immigrates to America with her family during WWI. The author was very descriptive of immigrants' hardships on their voyages to America, which is part of why I loved the story so much. The other reason I enjoyed the book was because Rifka had a great personality and she wrote not only about the world around her, but her own life in letters to her cousin Tovah. She didn't actually send the letters, she just kept a diary in a poetry book by Pushkin which Tovah had given her as a gift. I enjoyed this book thoroughly, and I recommend it to anyone who loves history or loves a great story.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Jewish History Book
Comment: Letters from Rifka is a kids novel that is a good read if you want to know more about life as a Jew in the past. Rifka is a girl whose family is trying to flee Russia's horrible treatment and go to America. Things just don't seem to work out for her and her family though and she ends up being left behind. As the title suggests, this book is written as a collection of letters to her cousin Tovah. This book has won the National Jewish Book Award by the JWB Jewish Book Council and it was rightfully earned. I recommend this story to those in grade 4 and up.
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Title: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry ISBN: 0440227534 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 09 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Search for the Shadowman by JOAN LOWERY NIXON ISBN: 0440411289 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Thunder Rolling in the Mountains by Elizabeth Hall, Scott O'Dell ISBN: 0440408792 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan ISBN: 043912042X Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! (Unforgettable Americans) by Jean Fritz, Mike Wimmer ISBN: 0698116097 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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