Faraway Summer
When 12-year-old Dossi visits a farm in Vermont, everything seems bigger and better than life in her crowded apartment. How can she ever go back to New York City?
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What the Book Is About
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What the Book Is About
12-year-old orphan Dossi (Hadassah) Rabinowitz lives with her 18-year-old sister Ruthi in one room in a crowded tenement in New York City. In the summer of 1910, the Fresh Air Fund charity gives Dossi the opportunity to spend two weeks on a farm in faraway northern Vermont. She stays with a non-Jewish family, but the Meades are open-minded and prove very accommodating to Dossi’s kosher dietary needs. Their children include 9-year-old Nell, who’s friendly and chatty, and 14-year-old Emma, who doesn’t seem to like Dossi at all. Dossi has delightful experiences, discovering fireflies, morning dew, blueberry-picking, and star-filled skies, and eventually she and Emma become friends. Not everything is rosy for Dossi, but this warm, old-fashioned story will appeal to young fans of historical fiction.
Jewish Content & Values
- The story begins with the Jewish value of hachnasat orchim (welcoming visitors), when a Jewish family offers to take Dossi into their home. The non-Jewish Meades end up exhibiting the same value when they work hard to make Dossi feel at home.
- Dossi keeps kosher. Jewish neighbors provide her with kosher meals and utensils. An elderly Jewish neighbor bakes her a challah, and Dossi speaks Yiddish with her.
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What the Book Is About
What the Book Is About
12-year-old orphan Dossi (Hadassah) Rabinowitz lives with her 18-year-old sister Ruthi in one room in a crowded tenement in New York City. In the summer of 1910, the Fresh Air Fund charity gives Dossi the opportunity to spend two weeks on a farm in faraway northern Vermont. She stays with a non-Jewish family, but the Meades are open-minded and prove very accommodating to Dossi’s kosher dietary needs. Their children include 9-year-old Nell, who’s friendly and chatty, and 14-year-old Emma, who doesn’t seem to like Dossi at all. Dossi has delightful experiences, discovering fireflies, morning dew, blueberry-picking, and star-filled skies, and eventually she and Emma become friends. Not everything is rosy for Dossi, but this warm, old-fashioned story will appeal to young fans of historical fiction.
Jewish Content & Values
Jewish Content & Values
- The story begins with the Jewish value of hachnasat orchim (welcoming visitors), when a Jewish family offers to take Dossi into their home. The non-Jewish Meades end up exhibiting the same value when they work hard to make Dossi feel at home.
- Dossi keeps kosher. Jewish neighbors provide her with kosher meals and utensils. An elderly Jewish neighbor bakes her a challah, and Dossi speaks Yiddish with her.
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None.
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