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The Yankee at the seder / by Elka Weber ; illustrations by Adam Gustavson.
LIBRA PZ7.W3876 Yan 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weber, Elka, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Passover--Juvenile fiction.
- Passover.
- Seder--Juvenile fiction.
- Seder.
- Jews--United States--Juvenile fiction.
- Jews.
- Soldiers--Juvenile fiction.
- Soldiers.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.
- Virginia.
- Passover--Fiction.
- Seder--Fiction.
- Jews--United States--Fiction.
- Soldiers--Fiction.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Passover fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, photographs ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : Tricycle Press, ©2009.
- Summary:
- As a Confederate family prepares for Passover the day after the Civil War has ended, a Yankee arrives on their Virginia doorstep and is invited to share their meal, to the dismay of ten-year-old Jacob. Includes historical notes about Corporal Myer Levy, on whom the story is based, and his prominent Philadelphia family.
- Notes:
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
- ISBN:
- 9781582462561
- 1582462569
- 9781582464312
- 1582464316
- OCLC:
- 226984550
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