| Miriam's Secret Contributor(s): Waldman, Debby (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459814258 ISBN-13: 9781459814257 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Passover - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017933017 |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.4" (0.48 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1930 nine-year-old Miriam travels by train from Brooklyn to her grandparents' farm in upstate New York. Her grandparents are kind, generous people, but they aren't exactly ideal playmates for a lonely girl. When Miriam is not doing homework in the kitchen with Bubby or helping prepare meals for the migrant workers that Zayde hires to help out on the farm, she plays with the barn kittens born just before she arrived. Those kittens are her only friends, until the day Miriam discovers a young girl hiding in the barn. Cissy and her brother, Joe, who's one of Zayde's farm hands, are on the run from an abusive uncle back in Mississippi. Miriam and Cissy hit it off immediately. But their friendship is tested when Miriam is forced to choose between keeping a promise and doing the right thing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Waldman, Debby: - Debby Waldman's is the author of a number of children's books based on Jewish folktales, including A Sack Full of Feathers, which was named a 2007 Best Book for Kids and Teens by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and Clever Rachel, declared by Resource Links to be one of the year's best for 2009. She is also the co-author of two books for parents of children who are hard of hearing. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta. More information, visit www.debbywaldman.com. |
