DREAMS IN THE GOLDEN COUNTRY By Katharina Lasky

This is a breath-taking story about a young Jewish girl that comes to America. In this book Zipporah and her family travel from Russia to America. As they get checked to see if they could be able to go to America, Zipporah gets mistaken for having and eye disease. Her older sister, Tovah, figures out a way to get her past. Zipporah and her family move to New York. Zipporah’s Mother has learned that her husband has change over his time in America. Zipporah goes to school and meets a friend name Blu. Blu has a lot of family and a strange father. My favorite part in this book is when they built their sukkah. I liked this part because I thought it was cool how they worked together to build something that could be useful to them. If you like to read about strong brave people you’ll love this book.