Rebecca

By Carol Matas

Rebecca learned at a young age how important it is to be liked, when her family left Russia to settle in Hirsch, Saskatchewan, a mostly Jewish community. But Rebecca's close-knit extended family returns from her triumph on-stage at an amateur night to find their home in flames. With everything they own destroyed, the family is devastated and penniless. They move to Winnipeg, where Rebecca's father struggles to find work, and where all the family members try to adjust to life in a big city. Rebecca is sent to live with a non-Jewish family until her parents get settled. There, she learns the true meaning of bravery, loyalty, and friendship. As she struggles to re-unite her family, Rebecca bridges the distance between the old world and the new, between her family's traditional immigrant values and the opportunities of the modern world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439987180
• ISBN13: 9780439987189
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.4" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

A Cute Story For Teens or Preteens

I love this story. The book is about a girl named Rebecca who lives with a big family. She goes to church to sing and when she comes back her and her family are shocked to see that their house has burned down. They move and they live in a house for a while. Rebecca and her siblings have to be seperated because the whole family cannot afford to live there. Rebecca is sent to live with a Ukaranian family by her self. A really cute book. I would give it 100 stars if I could. P.S.- I'm not a kid- I don't have a login