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Available
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Publication
Cinco Puntos Press (2009), Edition: 1, 248 pages
Description
In 1907, fourteen-year-old Raizel, who has lived in New York City for three years, and her brother Lemmel, newly-arrived, respond very differently to the challenges of living as Ukrainian Jews in the Lower East Side as Raizel works toward fitting in and getting ahead, while Lemmel joins a gang and lives on the streets.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
National Jewish Book Award (Finalist — Children’s and Young Adult Literature — 2009)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2010)
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ISBN
1933693592 / 9781933693590