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Leaving for America
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Based on 1 Ratings and 2 Reviews

Book Description
The author recalls her early years in a small Jewish town in western Russia and the last days there as she and her mother prepare to join her father in the United States.

Leaving for America is a tender portrayal of life in a Russian Jewish community in the 1920s, as seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl who is leaving with her mother to start a new life in America. With affection a... More

Book Information
PublisherChildren's Book Press
BindingLibrary Binding (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages28
ISBN-100892391057
ISBN-13978-0892391059
Publication Date09/1992
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About Roslyn Bresnick-Perry (Author) : Roslyn Bresnick-Perry is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Roslyn Bresnick-Perry include Leaving for America.
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About Mira Reisberg (Illustrator) : Mira Reisberg is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Mira Reisberg include Baby Rattlesnake, Just Like Home/Como En Mi Tierra, Baby Rattlesnake/... more
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