In 1905, as life becomes increasingly difficult for Jews in Ukraine, eleven-year-old Raizel and her father flee to America in hopes of earning money to bring the rest of the family there, but her father's health and Orthodox faith become barriers.
year: 2005
call number/section: 1000
subjects: emigration and immigration, juvenile fiction, fathers and daughters, jews, ukraine, fiction, ukraine, history, revolution, 1905-1907, juvenile fiction, fiction