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In the early 18th century in Hamburg, Germany, Johanna gets a job as a caregiver at an orphanage. She doesn't realize--until it's too late--a secret experiment is taking place that results in the deaths of babies. Johanna decides to kidnap one of the orphanage's babies and escape...
Bobbie Rosenfeld may be Canada's all-round greatest athlete of the twentieth century. A Sports Hall of Famer, Bobbie was born in 1904 in Russia and came to Canada when she was less than a month old. As a young girl she excelled in track and field, ice hockey, tennis, basketball a...
Thrown back in time by a mysterious pocket watch, Jonah and his stepbrother, Toby, are forced to overcome their differences and work together to return to the present.
The women profiled here have become masters of their art, dancing and choreographing their way around the world. All of them have helped transform their style of dance, paving the way for the next generation.
The Toronto Dressmakers' Strike of 1931 brings young Jewish sisters Sophie and Rose together in a fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union. They are faced with unexpected and sometimes violent barriers, and they quickly find that a strike is more tha...
"Thirteen-year-old Jacob's life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. One pleasure he has is learning to play the mandolin. Then an American benefactor promises the orphans a new life in Canada and the dream of playing a benefit concert at C...
"A Cage Without Bars begins in 1492, when Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain sign the Edict of Expulsion, giving all Jews three months to leave the country. Joseph Belifonte, a twelve-year-old boy, travels to Lisbon, Portugal with his parents and younger sister, Gracia. H...
"Ten Jewish women and their inspiring tales of activism and resistance. From the poorest neighborhoods in Kenya to the halls of the Canadian Supreme Court, the Jewish women found in these pages have accomplished remarkable feats. Some survived the horrors of the Holocaust while o...
Tells the life story of Canadian journalist, activist, and philanthropist June Callwood, discussing her difficult childhood, writing career, family, and work to help troubled young people, unwed mothers, abused women, and people with AIDS.
"In 1931 during the Great Depression sisters Sophie and Rose join the Toronto Dressmakers' Strike and the fight of their lives."--Back cover