The Passover Guest

ISBN-10: 0823453227
ISBN-13: 9780823453221
Author: Kusel, Susan
Illustrated by: Rubin, Sean
Interest Level: K-3
Publisher: Holiday House

Publication Date: January 2024

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 40

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Interest Level

Grades K-3

Reading Level

Guided Reading: O
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century

JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Jewish

Description
Muriel assumes her family is too poor to hold a Passover Seder this year, but an act of kindness and a mysterious magician change everything. It's the Spring of 1933 in Washington D.C., and the Great Depression is hitting young Muriel's family hard. Her father has lost his job, and her family barely has enough food most days, let alone for a Passover Seder. They don't even have any wine to leave out for the prophet Elijah's ceremonial cup. With no feast to rush home to, Muriel wanders by the Lincoln Memorial, where she encounters a mysterious magician in whose hands juggled eggs become lit candles. After she makes a kind gesture, he encourages her to run home for her Seder, and when she does, she encounters a holiday miracle, a bountiful feast of brisket, soup, and matzah. But who was this mysterious benefactor? When Muriel sees Elijah's ceremonial cup is empty, she has a good idea. This fresh retelling of the classic I.L. Peretz story, best known through Uri Shulevitz's 1973 adaptation The Magician , has been sumptuously illustrat
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