A Boy of Old Prague

by Shulamith Ish-Kishor

Paperback, 1980

Status

Available

Call number

J F ISH

Tags

National Jewish Book Award, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, mensch - decent person, kindness to animals, feeding the hungry, honoring parents, anti-Semitism, ghettos, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, Prague, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words

Genres

Collection

Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)

Publication

Scholastic Paperbacks (1980), Paperback

Description

When a young peasant in sixteenth-century Prague is caught stealing, the lord of the manor sentences him to service in the Jewish ghetto, where he discovers unexpected kindness.

Barcode

1751

Awards

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1964)
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 1964)

Language

English

User reviews

LibraryThing member nolak
Tomas is caught stealing and sent to work in the Jewish ghetto as punishment by the Lord of the Manor. While there, he experiences justice and kindness and realizes the stories he's been told about the Jews are not true, and sees the injustice they are exposed to. Truly a favorite for all ages.
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 Memorable beyond years and years of reading. I highly recommend it to all people.
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ISBN

048646766X / 9780486467665

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