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Dear Elijah

Miriam Bat-Ami

1995105 pagesabout 2 hours
1995
first published
  • 1995Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 105 pages · ENGISBN 9780374317553
  • 1997Jewish Publication Society · 105 pages · ENGISBN 9780827605923

As Passover approaches, eleven-year-old Rebecca writes letters to the prophet Elijah as she struggles to cope with her father's illness and her own emotions about Judaism and life.

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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