Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised a Catholic, when 12-year-old Miguel suddenly learns that his ancestors were Jewish, his world seems to turn upside down. Rushing from the house, he becomes lost in the desert. Captured by a band of Apaches, after a daring escape he meets Rushing Cloud, a Tohono O'odham youth who is running away from a mission school. As the boys travel toward home, Miguel learns to survive in the desert, but more importantly, he begins to see his heritage in...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While celebrating her brother's Bar Mitzvah on Coney Island, nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin disobeys by going off on her own, leaving her cousin Ana, a recent immigrant, alone.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Rebecca helps her injured neighbor, Mr. Rossi, by caring for his pigeons, she discovers a strange black pigeon with an eerie message warning Mr. Rossi of danger, and consults a fortune teller to learn if she is in danger, as well.