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Original Title:	Letters from Rifka
ISBN:	0140363912 (ISBN13: 9780140363913)
Edition Language:	English URL http://us.macmillan.com/lettersfromrifka/KarenHesse
Literary Awards:	National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature (1993), Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers (1992), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1994), IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award for Older Reader Category (1993), Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association) (2012)

Letters from Rifka

Karen Hesse

Paperback | Pages: 160 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 9714 Users | 538 Reviews

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Title	:	Letters from Rifka
Author	:	Karen Hesse
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 160 pages
Published	:	November 1st 1993 by Puffin (first published January 1st 1992)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. World War II. Holocaust

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Women’s history month 2019 rolls on this time with a quality book for middle grade kids. One of my kids won Letters from Rifka as a prize from the library summer reading program a few years ago and it has been sitting on my book shelf begging to be read. Karen Hesse wanted to preserve her family’s history and interviewed her great aunt Lucy Avrutin, who provided a treasure trove of stories for her to use in her writing. Aunt Lucy’s memories combined with Hesse’s ability to weave a story gives way to an award winning tale about perseverance of a young immigrant girl.

The year is 1919. The first wave of Jewish immigration from Russia has ended as those sensing danger left before the revolution. My own family came to the United States between 1905-1910, some members arriving even earlier. Some Jews believed in the revolution and stayed behind yet the Bolsheviks made life as difficult for Jews as the czar they replaced. Pograms continued and Jewish boys were conscripted into the Russian army. These young men had the choice to serve or they were killed or their family was forced to flee the country. The Nebrot family of Berdichev had five sons. The oldest three had left for America and worked to save money for the rest of their family to finally leave Russia. The arrival of the money coincided with the youngest brother Saul being conscripted into the army. It was time for the Nebrot family to join their Jewish brothers and sisters in leaving Russia.

Rifka Nebrot, aged twelve, is the youngest child in the family and the only girl. As in any quality coming of age story, Rifka has conflicted feelings about leaving behind the only life she ever knew. Her grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins all live in Berdichev, and Rifka would rather stay behind or bring the rest of her family with her. She copes with the grandiosity of her journey by clinging to her one prized possession, a volume of Pushkin’s poems given to her by her cousin Tovah, her favorite girl cousin closest in age to her. Rifka writes letters to Tovah in the margins of the book of poetry because she has no other paper and she wants to preserve this journey for both her cousins and herself. Over the duration of the journey, Pushkin as a symbol becomes more and more valuable.

Usually youngest members of any family tend to be spoiled and babied by their parents and older siblings. This is not the case for Rifka as she is the most creative and spunky member of her family and oh what a talker. When she develops ringworm in Poland, she is not able to go onto America with her family but rather stays behind in Europe to heal. In Antwerp, Belgium, she befriends all different types of people who laud her precociousness and ability to speak her mind in all different languages. Not a thought or idea escapes her, as she prepares for her long awaited journey to America, reflecting that an ocean will separate her from her cousins in Berdichev. Even though she is seeking a better life, Rifka empathizes that she would like nothing more than to me reunited with her entire extended family, the Russian branches included, in America.

Karen Hesse’s personal tale won her the Jewish Book Award and Christopher Award for young readers in 1992. Rifka’s tale is one of a strong willed young girl who in another era could have been considered for politics or any other leadership position. In 1920, however, Ellis Island’s medical officials did not doubt that Rifka would have a bright future, but job prospects at the time were limited even for the top notch women available. Hesse gives adult readers many thoughts to ponder and teachers a wide range of discussion points with their classes. In Rifka Nebrot, girls are given a role model who is determined to achieve anything she wants out of life.

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"Letter From Rifka" by Karen Hesse, Holt Publishing, 1992. 148 pages. Genre: Historical Fiction, Grade Level:4-6, Lexile Level: 660 L, Guided Reading Level: SIn this historical fiction novel readers are brought back in time to the turmoil that shrouded many European and Eastern European countries specifically Russia during the 1919 Russian Civil War. The novel is about Rifka, a young blonde haired, blue eyed Jewish girl from Russia. As the story begins, Rifka and her family (her mother, father,

Reviewed on: Ashes Books & Bobs.Twenty years ago I was in third grade reading my first Karen Hesse book, Letters From Rifka. I dont remember which school I was going to at the time of reading or why I even picked up this story, but I vividly remember the impact it had on me. This book was responsible for many literary firsts in my life and solely inspired my love of Historical Fiction. I have been hoping to acquire it for years, prior to Amazon, and often visited bookstores asking if they

Based on a true story of the author's family, especially Great-Aunt Lucy, whom the author describes in the foreword as a tiny woman with a bun. :) Nice little detail, considering the Jewish helpers of the family in the book are described the same way and "Rifka" thinks she could look just like them when she's older. A sad book, but yet joyful when you consider Rifka's courage through her trials at such a young age. This was an exciting book as well, as it portrayed a Jewish family running from

Andrew DurosWorld LiteratureMs.YoungLetters From RifkaBy Karen Hesse Can you envision yourself being in a country alone while the rest of your family travels across countries without you? In the book Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse, a young Jewish girl named Rifka, has to go through an experience such as escaping religious belief and running away from pogroms. She endures prejudice, displays family loyalty, and shows perseverance and growth. In the early 1900s, Russians are prejudice towards

Although this is a compelling and suspenseful story, the epistolary/diary format really doesn't work. It's very hard to get those to work right, and in this case it has the usual problem: the narrative is WAY too detailed to make a convincing letter.There is also the problem of Rifka writing facts in her letters that the reader doesn't know, but which her cousin clearly would -- like, listing the names of her brothers, when in a real letter she would just say "My brothers," and also explaining

Womens history month 2019 rolls on this time with a quality book for middle grade kids. One of my kids won Letters from Rifka as a prize from the library summer reading program a few years ago and it has been sitting on my book shelf begging to be read. Karen Hesse wanted to preserve her familys history and interviewed her great aunt Lucy Avrutin, who provided a treasure trove of stories for her to use in her writing. Aunt Lucys memories combined with Hesses ability to weave a story gives way to

I think this book is really good. Rifka and her family escaped from Russia to America. But when they were in Poland buying the tickets to America. The doctor discovered that she had ringworm on her head. So she need to go to Belgium to cure her illness. Finally she went to Ellis island and entered the America. I think the title fit the story because in the book rifka was writing the letters to her beloved cousin, Tovah. So the title is call Letters from Rifka.