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In 1980s New York, eighth-grader Roxanne misses her mother and struggles with her Israeli-American identity and her father's long hours.Roxanne (Ravit) Ben-Ari is an Israeli immigrant girl looking to fit in. An evangelist for TV reruns like Wonder Woman, The Brady Bunch, and Little House on the Prairie. Roxanne is desperate to emulate all-American TV girls.But things change when Liat moves in nearby, and Liat's self-confidence enables Roxanne ...

Other Books By Robin Friedman: The Silent Witness: A True Story of the Civil War 'Lula's experiences are the basis for this thoughtful tale. The delicate, detailed illustrations convey the experience of living in a civil war with haunting power." -The New York Times Book Review 'Friedman expertly weaves the major facts of the Civil War into her narrative, always returning to Lula's experiences as a touchstone.By focusing on Lula and her doll-t...

Chip Ackerman, eighteen years old, ultra sexy, a former heartbreaker, must leave the girl he loves. The only girl he's ever loved. Forced back to the sad, crowded squalor of the Lower East Side, Chip meets up with his old crowd, tries hard to resist temptation, aches for the love he left behind, and grows ever more prone to violence, finally doing something he'll regret forever. This evocative sequel to The Fence, set in 1930s New York City, e...

At the beginning of the Civil War, Lula McLean's family home in Manassas, Virginia, is taken over by the Confederate army and used as its headquarters. Forced to flee by the oncoming Union army, Lula and her family and her favorite rag doll move south to a small village called Appomattox Court House. Then one day in 1865, Lula left her doll behind, and what happened next made history.

Seventeen-year-old Parker Rabinowitz is the most popular guy at his high school, but he has a problem--he's bulimic. Parker's 14-year-old sister, Danielle, is the only one who notices he has a problem. Complex and realistic, this novel's ultimate message is one of hope.