Letters from Rifka
by Karen Hesse
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Author: Karen HesseEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-11-01
ISBN: 0140363912
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Puffin
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Book Review: A Great Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
In this story, Rifka and her parents with her brothers Saul and Nathan leave Russia , for they are Jews and Saul has runed away from the army, First Rifka must distract the Russian soldiers so her family can get on the train to Poland then when they get there, a docter makes them take off there clothes and spray them with somthing vile. Then Rifka and her family get sick with typhus and soon they get better , then Rifka meets a girl whos hair is in bad shape when Rifka does her hair for her Rifka gets ringworm from her soon Rifka will have no hair left and they wont allow her into America . So They leave her in Belgium to get treatment for ringworm , soon Rifka is bald and lost in Antwerp but then she becomes friends with Gizelle they play ball in the park also Rifka trys a banana , ice cream, and chocolate. Then Rifka goes on a ship and meets Pieter but a storm at sea makes him fall overboard . Soon Rifka is at Ellis Island but they wont allow her to go into New York instead she stays there eating candy, helping a little boy named Ilya . But will Rifka ever get to live in America ? This book is draws onto a young jewish girl with courage and hope has she trys to get back to her family .
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