To escape the Nazis, a young Jewish boy named Marcus and his family move to Shanghai, where Marcus and his new friend Liang build a sukkah on the roof and together they celebrate Sukkot and the Chinese Moon Festival.
Categories: Sukkot
Added on: October 29, 2018 - More: Comments & Reviews
Five Stars Good for kids
Explains and ilustrates what life was like for Jewish people in China during the 1930’s This is a story of how a Jewish family fled for their safety to China, in the Shanghai Ghetto in the 1930’s. The family went from what was comfortable and familiar to them, to a cramped living space they shared with many families, in a place that was unfamiliar to them. In spite of the hard conditions, a young boy named Marcus made a Chinese friend and they accept each other even though they have differences and teach something important to each other.I believe this book will help…
Kristi’s Book Nook In the 1930s Jewish families escaped from Berlin and the war and fled to Shanghai. A young boy named Marcus had to learn to adapt. He made a friend named Liang and they learned to communicate and became good friends. Marcus needed to build a Sukkah to celebrate the fall harvest holiday of when the Jewish recall the biblical days of wandering the desert, living in huts, after the Exodus from Egypt. The only place to build one is on the roof. Marcus and his friends worked hard but the Sukkah was…