Rebecca’s Journey Home

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Author: Sugarman, Brynn Olenberg

Illustrator: Michelle Shapiro

Categories Life Cycle Events , Conversion

Tags: Sydney Taylor Award Winner

Grades: Lower Elementary (K-2)

The story of a Jewish-American family who adopts a child from Vietnam is recounted with warmth and sensitivity from the adoption procedure and the trip to Asia to the baby’s first Shabbat with her new family and her conversion and naming ceremony.

*This book was awarded the Sydney Taylor Book Award, which recognizes the best in Jewish

literature for children and teens each year.

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