Book Descriptions
for Immigrant Girl by Brett Harvey and Deborah Kogan Ray
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
In 1910, Becky Moscowitz and her family left Russia to escape the pogroms and joined relatives living in New York City. Black-and-white drawings illustrate every spread, showing a Jewish family's new experiences as well as their traditional Sabbath and Passover preparations. (Ages 6-10)
CCBC Choices 1987 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1987. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Becky, whose family has emigrated from Russia to avoid being persecuted as Jews, finds growing up in New York City in 1910 a vivid and exciting experience.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
