The rabbi's girls

by Johanna Hurwitz

Other authorsPamela Johnson (Illustrator)
Paper Book, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

J F HUR

Publication

New York : Morrow, 1982.

Description

Moving to a new town, the birth of a sister, and the death of her rabbi father make 1923 a bittersweet year for eleven-year-old Carrie Levin.

Barcode

663

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User reviews

LibraryThing member padame
In Carrie’s eleven years, the Levin family has moved six times. Her father’s a rabbi, and they have to go where a congregation needs them. Carrie and her four sisters all hope that this time, they’ll settle down.
Nineteen twenty-three is a year of changes for the Levin’s. In their new home,
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the whole family is overjoyed at the birth of baby sister. At school, though, being the only Jewish girl in her class is sometimes tough for Carrie. But though good times and bad, even when a terrible tornado strikes the whole town, their papa’s love and faith help support them all.
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LibraryThing member raizel
In the course of a year, a young girl experiences birth and death when her family moves yet again. The book raises interesting questions.

ISBN

068801089X / 9780688010898
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