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A Cage Without Bars
Contributor(s): Dublin, Anne (Author)
ISBN: 1772600695     ISBN-13: 9781772600698
Publisher: Second Story Press
OUR PRICE:   $10.76  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe
- Juvenile Fiction | Religious - Jewish
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 620
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.6" (0.35 lbs) 154 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
 
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Publisher Description:
In 1492, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain signed the Edict of Expulsion, giving all Jews three months to leave the country. In the aftermath, twelve-year-old Joseph escapes to Lisbon, Portugal with his parents and younger sister, Gracia. After only eight months of safety, Joseph and Gracia, along with hundreds of other Jewish children, are kidnapped from the port in Lisbon and put on a ship. They then make a dangerous journey to the island of S o Tom , off the coast of West Africa. Now slaves, they are forced to work on a sugarcane plantation. Joseph must work in the fields, his life repeatedly saved by a combination of luck, strength, and quick wits. While Gracia tries to accept their circumstances, Joseph holds on to the hope that, one day, they will be free.

Contributor Bio(s): Dublin, Anne: - Anne Dublin is a former teacher-librarian and award-winning author living in Toronto, Ontario. Her writing has won many honors and awards, including the Sydney Taylor Honor Book Award, and the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Feminist Read for Youth designation.