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Shanghai Sukkah
Fleeing the Holocaust in Europe, Marcus moves with his family from Berlin to Shanghai, where he doubts this unfamiliar city will ever feel like home. But with help from his new friend Liang, and the answers to a rabbi’s riddle, Marcus sets out to build a unique sukkah in time for the harvest festival of
Categories: Sukkot
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Fleeing the Holocaust in Europe, Marcus moves with his family from Berlin to Shanghai, where he doubts this unfamiliar city will ever feel like home. But with help from his new friend Liang, and the answers to a rabbi’s riddle, Marcus sets out to build a unique sukkah in time for the harvest festival of Sukkot.
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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.
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…
I like this focus on a story of the Jews with … I think my only criticism of this book is how much it glosses over the struggle of learning another’s language in the beginning, but it just feels so off for that to have not been mentioned, but for a single line. After we’re told they speak different languages, the book just moves on. I don’t need a huge focus, but it bugged me.