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A sky full of song

In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way to the prairie.

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Main Author: Meyer, Susan, 1960- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Union Square Kids, 2023.
Subjects:
Farm life > Juvenile fiction.
Bullying > Juvenile fiction.
Music > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Ukrainian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
North Dakota > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Bullies and bullying > Juvenile fiction.
School fiction > Juvenile.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way to the prairie.
Physical Description:263 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 8 to 12.
Grades 4-6.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259).
ISBN:9781454947844
1454947845
9781454947868
1454947861
Author Notes:Susan Lynn Meyer is the author of two previous middle-grade historical novels-- Black Radishes , a Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner, and Skating with the Statue of Liberty --as well as three picture books. Her works have won the Jane Addams Peace Association Children's Book Award and the New York State Charlotte Award, as well as many other honors. Her novels have been chosen as Junior Library Guild and PJ Our Way selections, included among Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year, and translated into German and Chinese. She is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Wellesley College and lives outside Boston.


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