Cursing Columbus

By Eve Tal

Subjects: Juvenile Fiction, Immigrants, Russian Jews, Fiction, historical, Russian Americans, Fiction, family life, New york (state), fiction, Fiction, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, History, Jews, New york (n.y.), fiction, Family life

Description: In 1907, fourteen-year-old Raizel, who has lived in New York City for three years, and her brother Lemmel, newly-arrived, respond very differently to the challenges of living as Ukrainian Jews in the Lower East Side as Raizel works toward fitting in and getting ahead, while Lemmel joins a gang and lives on the streets.