The Hebrew kid and the Apache maiden

by Robert J. Avrech

Paper Book, 2006

Call number

I FICTION Avrech

Tags

child, intermediate fiction

Subjects

Arizona History 1846-1911 Fiction
Jews United States Fiction
Lozen

Publication

Los Angeles : Seraphic Press, 2006.

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.

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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.

Awards

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

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Status

Available

Call number

I FICTION Avrech

ISBN

0975438220 / 9780975438220

Barcode

30402098556667

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