num_pages: 230
description: Lesley lives in Canada and thinks life is just great, she has got friends, she likes school and they are very comfortably off. But then her father makes a fateful decision, the whole family is going to emigrate to Israel and lead a more fully Jewish life. Lesley is horrified and very resistant. However, once she gets to her new country and a very different life, she begins to find it stimulating and enjoyable. A strange relationship with Palestinian boy Mustafa, who lives on the other side of the Jordan river, is a big part of the new Lesley. A very exciting book, set in the 1960s about life in a pioneering new country.
language: English
title: One More River
titlecomplete: One More River
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Israel, Childrens, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Jewish
ratings_count: 503
places: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan, Israel
series: One More River
publisher: Barn Owl Books Limited