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Bread Givers

 

ISBN-10

0892552905

ISBN-13

978-0892552900

Author

Yezierska, Anzia

Publisher

Persea

Copyright

2003

Lexile

NA

Genre

Fiction

Synopsis

This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Sarah's struggle towards independence and self-fulfillment resonates with a passion all can share.

Themes

Independence, Happiness and Contentment

Protagonist

Jewish Teen Female

Note

Over the years, these books have been published in multiple editions. The page numbers in your book may be different than the ones on the lesson plan.