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1. The many problems of Rochel-Leah

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Author:
Yolen, Jane
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
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"In her small Jewish village in 19th-century Russia, only boys are taught to read and write, but Rochel-Leah is determined to overcome any barrier in order to learn"--

2. The slaughterman's daughter

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Iczkovits, Yaniv, 1975-
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
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"An enthralling, picaresque tale of two Jewish sisters in late nineteenth-century Russia, filled with "boundless imagination, wit, and panache" (David Grossman), and enough intrigue and misadventure to stupefy the Cohen brothers. With her reputation as a vilde chaya, a wild beast, Fanny Keismann isn't like the other women in her shtetl-certainly not her obedient and anxiety-ridden sister, Mende, whose "philosopher" of a husband, Zvi-Meir, has run...