The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden

by Robert Avrech

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

J F AVR

Tags

Sydney Taylor Notable Book, ages 9-12, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, family, fathers, aiding those in distress, faith in God, keeping one's word, loving one's neighbor, anti-Semitism, historical fiction, interfaith relations, Jewish-Christian relations, United States - West, Native Americans

Genres

Collection

Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)

Publication

Seraphic Press (2006), Paperback, 228 pages

Description

Ariel Isaacson, having migrated westward with his family following the Civil War, is determined to have his Bar Mitzvah, while he also forms a deep friendship with Lozen, an Apache warrior girl.

Barcode

1756

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

Language

English

User reviews

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In the years following the Civil War, twelve-year-old Ariel Isaacson and his family, Jewish immigrants from Russia, are kicked out of their Arizona town by an anti-Semitic mayor and townspeople, and are forced to embark on a difficult and dangerous journey through the unsettled Arizona territory.

ISBN

0975438220 / 9780975438220

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