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Winter garden Winter garden Kristin Hannah,Susan Ericksen,Inés Belaustegui Trias Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates t… OL14954933W
Russian immigrants, 1860-1915 Russian immigrants, 1860-1915 Helen Frost Discusses the reasons Russian people left their homeland to come to America, the experiences the immigrants had in the new country, and the contributions this cultural group made to American society.… OL15045531W
Gifts to treasure Gifts to treasure Tehilla Greenberger When twelve-year-old Raizel, eleven-year-old Moshele, and nine-year-old Chaya Rabinovich arrive in North Dakota in 1897, each must try to discover how to use the special gifts their grandparents gave… OL15431287W
Memoirs of a muse Memoirs of a muse Lara Vapnyar Obsessed by Dostoyevsky and the woman who became his muse, Tanya emigrates to New York City from the former Soviet Union and falls in with Mark Schneider, a writer for whom she is determined to be bo… OL15838285W
Inconvenient Inconvenient Margie Gelbwasser While fifteen-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant Alyssa tries desperately to cope with her mother's increasingly out-of-control alcoholism by covering for her and pretending things are normal, her bes… OL15909796W
Sunny Sweet is so dead meat Sunny Sweet is so dead meat Jennifer Ann Mann When Sunny Sweet, age six, devises a science experiment that requires her big sister Masha to look weird all day, Masha will try almost anything to get them home from the science fair without causing… OL17881184W
Sunny Sweet is so not sorry Sunny Sweet is so not sorry Jennifer Ann Mann Follows eleven-year-old Masha and her "evil genius" little sister, Sunny, through one very adventurous day, as Masha faces scary situations, meets new people, and gains new insight into life with her… OL17937450W
Journey to Ellis Island Journey to Ellis Island Carol Bierman An account of the ocean voyage and arrival at Ellis Island of twelve-year-old Julius Weinstein who, along with his mother and younger sister, immigrated from Russia in 1922. OL1843627W
The rising star of Rusty Nail The rising star of Rusty Nail Lesley M. M. Blume In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician susp… OL19926885W
Dancer, daughter, traitor, spy Dancer, daughter, traitor, spy Elizabeth Kiem After a harrowing defection to the United States in 1982, Russian teenager Marya and her father settle in Brooklyn, where Marya is drawn into a web of intrigue involving her gift of foresight, her mo… OL19968357W
Panic in a suitcase Panic in a suitcase Yelena Akhtiorskaya "A dazzling debut novel about a Russian immigrant family living in Brooklyn and their struggle to learn the new rules of the American Dream. In this account of two decades in the life of an immigrant… OL19982952W
The new sweet style The new sweet style Vasiliĭ Pavlovich Aksenov The adventures of a Russian actor in 1980s California--from parking attendant to film director. In the process he assesses the Russian emigré scene, the twilight of the Soviet Union and American cult… OL2121882W
One-way to Ansonia One-way to Ansonia Judie Angell At the turn of the century, ten-year-old Rose immigrates from Russia to America and eventually finds that her emergence into adolescence brings employment, marriage, motherhood, and self-determinatio… OL2438977W
Here Come the Russians Here Come the Russians Stewart Lillard vii, 97 pages : 23 cm OL24746050W
Century's Son Century's Son Robert Boswell "In the small college town of Hayden, Illinois, Morgan and Zhenya have settled into a loveless, stagnant marriage. He is a former labor organizer who now works as a garbage collector, and she is a po… OL2718397W
The Russians in America, 1727-1975 The Russians in America, 1727-1975 Vladimir Wertsman A history of Russians in America in chronology format, with a selection of illustrative documents, appendices, and bibliography. OL2941391W
The gold coin The gold coin Pamela Dell In 1901, thirteen-year-old Dimitri, his younger brother, and their parents are beginning to feel at home in New York City's Lower East Side, where they have lived since their Jewish faith led them to… OL3458165W
The store that Mama built The store that Mama built Robert Lehrman In 1917 twelve-year-old Birdie and her siblings, the children of Jewish immigrants from Russia, help their recently widowed mother run the family store, picking up where their father left off in his … OL4116676W
Cursing Columbus Cursing Columbus Eve Tal 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… OL5818890W
Russian Americans Russian Americans Nichol Bryan Provides information on the history of Russia and on the customs, language, religion, and experiences of Russian Americans. OL5960869W
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