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Sky Full of Song, A
Susan Lynn Meyer
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN: 978-1-4549-4784-4
Keywords: North Dakota, prairie, siblings, music, antisemitism, Jewish rituals, homesteading, Dakota Indians, Cossacks, Ukraine
In 1905, fleeing antisemitic pogroms in Ukraine, 11-year-old Shoshana and her family homestead in North Dakota. She struggles to fit in and tries to hide her Jewish identity. Author's note, bibliography.