Letters from Rifka  •  Karen Hesse LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 160 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. Recpient of numerous awards for young adult fiction. (UKR16, $6.99)