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Front Cover for The Passover Surprise, Janet Ruth Heller's chapter book. The artwork is by Ronald Kauffman.

Review of Janet Ruth Heller’s book The Passover Surprise by Melissa Sweeney in Baltimore’s Child

 

Dear Friends,

The review below of my chapter book for middle-grade children, The Passover Surprise, appeared in Baltimore’s Child on April 11, 2016.  Best wishes for the spring!  Janet

“The Passover Surprise”

Passover is just around the corner and author Janet Ruth Heller brings a timely story in The Passover Surprise.  Calling on Heller’s own childhood experiences, The Passover Surprise tells the tale of a girl named Lisa as she competes with her brother Jon in a stamp collecting competition.  Lisa’s father deems her brother the winner of the competition based partly on the ideas that stamp collecting is more of a boy’s hobby than a girl’s.  As Lisa prepares to talk to her father about her feelings, she is also preparing for Passover.  (more…)

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Review of The Passover Surprise in San Diego Jewish World

Dear Friends,

Editor Donald H. Harrison recently reviewed my chapter book for children ages 7-12, The Passover Surprise, in the San Diego Jewish World.  His review is below.  Best wishes!  Janet

The Passover Surprise Is Brief Yet Topic Rich

The Passover Surprise by Janet Ruth Heller; illustrations by Ronald Kauffman; © 2015; Fictive Press; ISBN 978-1-927663-17-1; 35 pages including glossary and discussion guide.

SAN DIEGO –A lot of ground is covered in this story for middle schoolers.  It begins with a pre-teenage girl, Lisa, competing with her younger brother, Jon, to win a stamp album, and moves on to a discussion of World War II, the experiences of African American soldiers, and the nascent American Civil Rights Movement taking place as the story unfolds, circa 1960. (more…)

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