Swindletop

by Lois Ruby

Other authorsLois Ruby (Narrator)
Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

J F RUB

Tags

community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Texas, visiting the sick - bikur cholim, loving one's neighbor, African-Americans, Americanization, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, prejudice, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words

Genres

Collection

Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)

Publication

Eakin Press (2000), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 128 pages

Description

In 1901, twelve-year-old Jake and his sister travel from Lithuania to Texas and find a totally different world, including suffragettes, swindlers, a mysterious youth with strange powers, and a compassionate rabbi.

Barcode

1846

Language

English

ISBN

1571683933 / 9781571683939

Local notes

signed copy

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