Review
"This warm book with its lively characters is not only a delicious story, it is also a tour de force" Children's Books of the Year 1978 "Full of warmth and affection! the characterization is deft, sharp and realistic" The Horn Book Magazine
Product Description
Five sisters in Jerusalem, 1913, try to find their lost brother in New York with the help of a photograph. Jerusalem, 1913. The long, hot summer drags on for the Bernstein sisters -- Rifka, Chava, Naomi, Dvora and Shoshanna. Their brother Isaac has been in New York for almost a year, and still the family has heard nothing from him. So when their frivolous aunt Mimi suggests that the girls have a photograph taken for their mother's birthday, they come up with a plan. Can they use the photograph to find Isaac? Will the family ever be reunited?