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In writing about rifka, i feel compelled to break from our style of referring to people by their last name. Letters from rifka by karen hesse can you envision yourself being in a country alone while the rest of your family travels across countries without you. It features a jewish familys emigration from russia in 1919, to belgium and. Modeled on the authors greataunt, rifka surmounts one obstacle after another in this riveting novel. It was rude of papas family not to encourage saul and rifka to stay.

This lesson will give you discussion and comprehension questions you can use with your students to deepen understanding of the text and. Persecuted in russia by the soldiers and others who dislike jews, rifka s family makes their way across russia to poland and the u. Twenty years ago i was in third grade reading my first karen hesse book, letters from rifka. Letters from rifka and millions of other books are available for instant access. Its based on ww1 its a historical fiction its really what happened to jews and anyone going to america. They have saved money from their work in america and have sent money to warsaw for rifka s family to buy steamship tickets. It is 1919 and rifkas brother nathan has deserted the russian army. Letters from rifka is a children s historical novel by karen hesse, published by holt in 1992.

But she dreams that in the new country she will at last be safe from the. In the book letters from rifka by karen hesse, a young jewish girl named rifka, has to go through an experience such as escaping religious belief and running away from pogroms. One of rifkas cousins, tovah, remains in russia and wants to keep in touch with rifka. Letters from rifka is a childrens historical novel by karen hesse, published by holt in 1992. The surname book appears occasionally in english records. Rifka knows nothing about america when she flees from russia with her family in 1919. Letters from rifka is the story of a young russianjewish girl and her family who leave their homeland in 1919 to travel to america. Comments and insights on the name rifka personal experiences with the name rifka nicknames for rifka meanings and history of the name rifka. The book, letters from rifka, by karen hesse, is this fascinating story, a journey of a russian jewish girl, named rifka, immigrating to america where a. Letters from rifka lexile find a book metametrics inc. Plot summary letters from rifkabook project by anna dayton. Rifka takes a poetry book with her and starts writing letters to tovah using rippedout pages from the book. Karen hesse comes an unforgettable story of an immigrant familys journey to america.