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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
and humor, author Roslyn Bresnick-Perry tells the story of saying goodbye
to the people she loves—her well-meaning neighbors, her loving aunts,
uncles, and grandparents, and her "best and worst friend," her cousin
Zisl. Based on the author's own early childhood experience in the shtetl,
it is a moving tribute to a community that no longer exists, after being
destroyed in the Holocaust. It has a strong message for children of all
ages about the importance of family, as well as recognizing, remembering,
and honoring our cultural roots.
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Full-color illustrations 
