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Letters from Rifka

In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America.

Main Author: Hesse, Karen.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Puffin Books, 1993.
Subjects:
Jews > Juvenile fiction.
Letters > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America.
Item Description: "Ages 8-12"--Cover.
Physical Description: x, 148 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 0140363912
9780140363913
0440830508 (pbk.)
9780440830504 (pbk.)
9780312535612
Author Notes: Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust.

Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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