A ten-year-old Jewish girl from a poor Brooklyn family in 1937 must decide whether to accept her rich aunt and uncle's offer to be adopted by them and go to live in Miami.
SHEILA SOLOMON KLASS has been writing fiction for young adults for nearly five decades. Her books include The Uncivil War; Shooting Star: A Novel About Annie Oakley; and Little Women Next Door. Ms. Klass lives in New York City.
This is a wonderful middle grades book. I really enjoyed reading it during my breaks at work. I even learned a few things about Passover. That's the great thing about reading most youth books. They usually touch on things or give you cultural info you might otherwise never know.