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Call Me Ruth
Call Me Ruth
Author: Marilyn Sachs
"Immigrant Ruth loves America. But she is embarrassed by her mother, who speaks only Yiddish and dresses like a greenhorn. Then, Mama is arrested for union activities, and Ruth discovers what truly matters. "A moving and vivid picture."--Horn Book
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ISBN-13: 9780385176071
ISBN-10: 0385176074
Publication Date: 6/1982
Pages: 134
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Doubleday Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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An eight-year-old Russian Jewish girl newly arrived in New York City in 1908 is torn between loyalty to her ``greenhorn'' mother and her desire to embrace contemporary American ways. Ages 8-up.
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