Letters from Rifka
- ISBN-10
- 0312535619
- ISBN-13
- 9780312535612
- Series
- Letters from Rifka
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-06
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Karen Hesse
Description
In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America. An ALA Notable Book. Reissue.
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