Meet Rebecca - American Girls Collection: Rebecca 1914 Author:Jacqueline Dembar Greene, Jennifer Hirsch, Robert Hunt (Illustrator) Rebecca Rubin is a lively nine-year-old girl growing up in a big Jewish family in New York in 1914. She dreams of becoming an actress, but her family doesn't think young ladies should perform. When Rebecca learns that her cousins in Russia are in great danger and must escape to America, she puts on a show to raise money--until her disapprovi... more »ng grandmother steps in.« less