A prose retelling of four tales from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," in which travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in the Middle Ages share their stories.
Fourth-grader Emily is forced to think about her Jewish heritage when the new boy, an Orthodox Jew, refuses to participate in the school Christmas celebrations.
The Pilgrim doll that Molly makes for her third-grade Thanksgiving class assignment reflects her experiences as a recent immigrant and the only Jewish child in the class.
Sally's relationship with an elderly bus driver who recites Shakespeare stories helps her to cope with the problems of her mother's cancer and being separated from her twin sister at summer camp.
Told to make a doll like a pilgrim for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly's Jewish mother dresses the doll as she herself dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom--much to Molly's embarrassment.
Mandy has always refused to compete with her glamorous cousin Lissa, but the remarriage of Lissa's mother sets off a complex chain of events that catapult both girls into unexpected romantic relationships.
A retelling of the story of David, going beyond what is in the Bible to include today's knowledge of history, archaeology, politics, and psychology. Aims to present this ruler of Israel as he would have been in 1000 B.C.
