Rivka's Way
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812628705 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 137 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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One day she ventures outside and nothing will ever be the same.* Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Notable Book 2001.* Lilith Magazine's 5th Annual Selection of Books for Young Readers* Included in Great Books for Girls, by Kathleen Odean (Random House)"Kanefield weaves a suspenseful tale of friendship and love." Hadassah Magazine. "Rivka's Way captures the curiosity, compassion, and determination of a young girl struggling to find her place in the world." From the Babaganews Study Guide"The details of daily life are completely convincing, the foreign setting is made familiar, and Rivka's character rings true. Her choice creates an uproar and deeply changes Rivka's view of her world." Lilith Magazine"Readers will be pleased to find another character who shares Rivka's deep sense of justice."
What a beautiful, magnificent story Laine Cunningham Rivka’s Way by Teri KanefieldAvailable from Armon Books, reissued in 2011.What a beautiful, magnificent story.By beautiful, I mean well written with a flowing storyline that captures readers—especially those interested in the coming of age tales of young women in historic time periods.And magnificent doesn’t mean what reviewers usually mean, that it’s full of action stuffed in there just for action’s sake. No, Rivka’s Way is magnificent for all the right . Great Middle Grade Historical Fiction If you love historical fiction as much as I do then this is the book for you. Rivka is a fifteen year old girl who lives in the Jewish ghetto of Prague. The time period is the late 1800's. Unlike many of the other Jews in the ghetto, her family has it much better. You may be wondering why. Her father is a doctor and there for is considere upper class in the ghetto.Rivka is best friends with her brother Jakob. She has grown up listening to his stories about the outside world. He has left Pra. Rivka's Way Richard Cole Picked up a copy of this book from the local store. I had been out of town for about three months and had missed the authors personal appearance at the local store in April I was a student in one of the authors classes a couple of years ago. I was impressed then by her ability to show her students how to paint vivid scenes in the minds of their readers. She has applied this skill to Rivkas's Way. The best comments are from my 14 year old granddaughter who just finished the book a few minut
From Publishers Weekly An unusual setting 1778 Prague offsets mediocre characterizations in this debut novel. In her wanderings she meets young Mikul, who faces imprisonment over his late mother's debts; the injustice of his plight arouses her sympathy, and she does not understand why her father, so steadfast in his efforts to help other Jews, is unwilling to aid Mikul. Ages 10-14. But Rivka herself seems very much a contemporary being, only superficially affected by the culture of her time and place, and therefore neither entirely convincing nor commanding. Her sympathetic father, an affluent doctor, allows her to accompany him on an errand to the university. The hostility from the outside wo