Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help. By listening to the music that's lived in her heart all along, Shoshana finds new meaning in the Jewish expression all beginnings are difficult, as well as in the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way to the North Dakota prairie. If that doesnt work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see whats preventing the page from loading. For the first time, Shoshana is at odds with her beloved sister, and has to look deep inside herself to realize that her family's difference is their greatest strength. Desperate to fit in, Shoshana finds herself hiding her Jewish identity in the face of prejudice, just as Libke insists they preserve it. But it's not as simple for her older sister, Libke, who misses their Ukrainian village and doesn't pick up English as quickly or make new friends as easily. Shoshana takes fierce joy in the wild beauty of the plains and the thrill of forging a new, American identity. North Dakota, 1905 After fleeing persecution in the Russian Empire, eleven-year-old Shoshana and her family, Jewish immigrants, start a new life on the prairie. Union Square Kids, 16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-45494-784-4 - In 1905, after her mother is injured in yet another attack on Jews by the tsar’s soldiers, 11-year-old Shoshana, her three sisters, and their mother hasten their plans to travel from Liubashevka, their village in Ukraine, to America.

This heartwarming, beautifully written middle-grade historical novel about an untold American frontier story is destined to be a cherished classic.

A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer