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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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For Kids

Letters from Rifka


by Karen Hesse

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 148 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Hesse gives a touching and compelling portrait of the immigrant experience during WWI through the eyes of a courageous 12 year-old Jewish girl travelling from Poland through the Ukraine and Belgium, finally to reach Ellis Island and be reunited with her family in America. (UKR16, $6.99)

 

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