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Cargando... Not a Nickel to Spare: The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohenpor Perry Nodelman
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This was an interesting look at something I know next to nothing about - Canadian history. It never occurred to me they had prohibition too! And they were racist? But...but they're so polite!!! That can't be!!! Everything I know is a lie! In all seriousness though, it was a strange but good tale. The major event of the story wasn't as Earth-shattering as many of the events that different "My Story" series focus on (wars, immigration movements, political turnover, etc). But it kind of goes to show that lives (and history) are made up of many smaller events that are big to only a few people. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Coping with being poor during the Depression is hard enough, but Sally also has to contend with anti-Jewish sentiment when she ventures outside her familiar neighbourhood near Toronto's Kensington Market. Her cousin Benny is always getting into scrapes or dragging Sally into his hare-brained schemes. But it's also Benny who tries to open Sally's eyes to the wider world, telling her about Hitler's rise in Europe and urging her to stand up for herself when she comes across anti-Semitism. A historical note gives readers the background of the Depression, which hit Canada harder than most other countries. It also describes the way Jews were treated in Canada. Today's readers might be surprised to know that there were people in Toronto who prided themselves on being part of The Swastika Club. A map, photographs and documents provide a visual context for the story. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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As in all the Dear Canada series, the extra material at the end is superb. Glossary of Yiddish terms, photographs, maps, and more.
Now I want to reread Fredelle Maynard's memoir, Raisins and Almonds, about growing up Jewish in Saskatchewan at the exact same time (the only Jewish family in town) and see how that compares as a book for young adult readers. ( )