Ruth Behar
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
Historical Fiction - MID
Jewish Heritage Month - Juvenile/Middle Grade
Womens History Month - MID
Historical Fiction - MID
Jewish Heritage Month - Juvenile/Middle Grade
Womens History Month - MID
Description
In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: When Estrella's Tía Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tía explains the significance of her most important possessions from both her Cuban and Jewish culture, as they learn to say goodbye together and explore a new beginning for Tía. A lyrical book about tradition, culture, and togetherness, Tía Fortuna's...