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Rivka's Way

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This book although written for young girls is a good read even for a 50 something grandfather. I was looking for something to give my granddaughters, 9 and 12, for summer vacation reading and found Rivka's Way. The descriptive passages made me feel not only like I was in a different country and different time but in a different mind set that made me think of all the changes people have gone through, as well as all the changes young girls go through. It is fun reading and a wonderful learning experience, sharing history and traditions without sounding like a history book. I can highly recommend this book as I bought three, one for each of my grandaughters and one for a friend's daughter. (She was so proud, it was her first 'big' book.)

Before this book, I never knew about the Jewish ghetto in Prague, where Jews lived for hundreds of years, barely making much contact with the outside world, and when they did, facing great discrimination along the way. Rivka, the main character, is consistered to be part of the upper class in the ghetto. Her father is a doctor, and she is set to marry a man who everyone loves- except her, for she doesn't even know him. After seeing a bit of the outer world of the ghetto on an errand with her father, she decides she must go again...but this time she'll go as a Gentile boy. However, the outside is so tempting, and Rivka finds herself drawn out again and again. She just can't get caught.

Picked up a copy of this book from the local ... store. I had been out of town for about three months and had missed the authors personal appearance at the local store in April

I was a student in one of the authors classes a couple of years ago. I was impressed then by her ability to show her students how to paint vivid scenes in the minds of their readers. She has applied this skill to Rivkas's Way.

The best comments are from my 14 year old granddaughter who just finished the book a few minutes ago. Her words; "Grandpa, the description of the forest that Rivka saw was so real in my mind that I felt like I was there." Can anyone offer greater praise?

I read the book in one sitting. I could not put it down. It is a short book because there is no flab in it. The words are used frugally, but conveying thought and feeling clearly; not needing the sauce of extra adjectives or phrases.

I am looking forward to more books by Teri that touch the heart as this one did. My grandaughter is waiting too...