num_pages: 160
description: In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America
language: English
title: Letters from Rifka
titlecomplete: Letters from Rifka
genres: Fiction, Historical, Jewish, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Read For School, Holocaust, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 10690
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Sydney Taylor Book Award
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
category: Older Reader Category, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association)
publisher: Puffin Books