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published
March 17th 2005
by Puffin
binding
Paperback, 160 pages
isbn
0142403229
(isbn13: 9780142403228)
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Thirteen-year-old Rachel dreads the afternoons she has to spend with her great- grandmother, Nana Sashie-until Sashie begins to reminisce about her ch...more
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Read in October, 2005
Rachel's parents underestimate both her and Nana Sashie when they try to keep her from stirring up the old woman's memories. The bond they forge strenghtens them both and mystifies the generations in between. Fortunately, the two are stubborn enough to continue despite the opposition and succeed in preserving a fascinating and important piece of the family's history.
"Nana Sashie dared to take me on a detour, and in doing so she circled back, and I too.... It was time out of line, but t...more
"Nana Sashie dared to take me on a detour, and in doing so she circled back, and I too.... It was time out of line, but t...more
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Read in March, 2008
YA Young adult....Used for my :"stull" professional evaluation. wonderful descriptions of leaving Russia around 1895. Complete with a samovar. The kids loved being in a wagon mock up 3' X 8' with 5 people plus 2 babies and chicken coops on top of them, hiding from the tzar's boys.. In my special ed class, the 30 vocabulary words were too much and the kids got g;lassy eyed. I finally came up with 6 words they needed to get: tzar, russia, persecution, the Jewish People, America. ...more
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Read in March, 2008
good story, pleasant reading. written for older children, young adults.
I chose to read this book while looking for a historical, literary reference for my son who is trying to process his recent discoveries of the holocaust. I felt like it was important to find some deeper connections to the question of, "how could that have happened?"
The Night Journey does an excellent job of bringing history into the present, and presenting just enough information forward to make the subj...more
I chose to read this book while looking for a historical, literary reference for my son who is trying to process his recent discoveries of the holocaust. I felt like it was important to find some deeper connections to the question of, "how could that have happened?"
The Night Journey does an excellent job of bringing history into the present, and presenting just enough information forward to make the subj...more
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Read in April, 2006
recommends it for:
ages 10 & up
13 year old Rachael learns about history and about her family from her great-grandmother Sashie as they spend afternoons together. Rachael is enthralled as
Sashie tells her how she planned her family’s escape from Czarist Russia near
the turn of the century when she was 9 years old.
Good for discussions on topics of prejudice, oppression, Jewsish culture & History, Soviet Union, Nicholas II 1894-1917
Sashie tells her how she planned her family’s escape from Czarist Russia near
the turn of the century when she was 9 years old.
Good for discussions on topics of prejudice, oppression, Jewsish culture & History, Soviet Union, Nicholas II 1894-1917
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Read in August, 2007
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Christine
An amusing story set amidst an unamusing backgroud (pogroms in Russia where Jewish villages were burned to the ground, like in Fiddler on the Roof). Sashie is such a clever little girl. Highly recommended, especially for a young adults. The sequel about Reuven is good, too.
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Read in October, 2008
I enjoyed this book. It's a bit of historical fiction and I would much read this than a history book. It's an interesting look into the lives of the Jews in Russia.
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it was really cool but sad at the end. I read part of it at school and it wwas really good so i ended up reading the whole book.
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Read in June, 2008
It was very interesting hearing about Sashie's plan to escape and what happened.
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