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Availability:In StockContributor:Ruth BeharAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2024-05-23Pages:340
Language:EnglishPublisher:Youth Large PrintISBN-13:9798885799492UPC:9798885799492Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Family, Social ThemesBook Topic:Multigenerational, Prejudice & Racism, Emigration & ImmigrationAward:2025 Newbery Medal Honor Book - Children's Award|2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Silver Medal Winner - Middle Grade AwardSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCEND0DZ98
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Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpr? Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.


In 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain for being Jewish, and must flee the country or be killed. They journey by foot and by sea, eventually settling in Istanbul.


Over four centuries later, in 1923, shortly after the Turkish war of independence, Reina's father disowns her for a small act of disobedience. He ships her away to live with an aunt in Cuba, to be wed in an arranged marriage when she turns fifteen.


In 1961, Reina's daughter, Alegra, is proud to be a brigadista, teaching literacy in the countryside for Fidel Castro. But soon Castro's crackdowns force her to flee to Miami all alone, leaving her parents behind.


Finally, in 2003, Alegra's daughter, Paloma, is fascinated by all the journeys that had to happen before she could be born. A keeper of memories, she's thrilled by the opportunity to learn more about her heritage on a family trip to Spain, where she makes a momentous discovery.


Though many years and many seas separate these girls, they are united by a love of music and poetry, a desire to belong and to matter, a passion for learning, and their longing for a home where all are welcome. And each is lucky to stand on the shoulders of their courageous ancestors.

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Language:EnglishPublisher:Youth Large PrintISBN-13:9798885799492UPC:9798885799492Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Family, Social ThemesBook Topic:Multigenerational, Prejudice & Racism, Emigration & ImmigrationAward:2025 Newbery Medal Honor Book - Children's Award|2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Silver Medal Winner - Middle Grade AwardSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCEND0DZ98
Ruth Behar (ruthbehar.com), the Pura Belpr? Award-winning author of Lucky Broken Girl and Letters from Cuba, was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York, and has also lived in Spain and Mexico. Her work also includes poetry, memoir, and the acclaimed travel books An Island Called Home and Traveling Heavy. She was the first Latina to win a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, and other honors include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and being named a "Great Immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation. An anthropology professor at the University of Michigan, she lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Publisher: Youth Large Print

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🏆 2025 Newbery Medal Honor Book - Children's Award|2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Silver Medal Winner - Middle Grade Award

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Ruth Behar

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