The star and the sword
By: by Pamela Melnikoff ; illustrated by Hans Schwarz.
Contributors: Schwarz, Hans, ill.; Melnikoff, Pamela.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Jewish Publications Society
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Jews -- Great Britain -- Fiction.; Orphans -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Fiction.
Description: When a massacre of Jews in twelfth-century England leaves Elvira and Benedict orphaned, they set out to find an uncle they hardly know and have many adventures on their journey, including meeting Robin Hood.
Notes: "Based on my play The ransomed menorah, which won the Golden Pen Award in 1962"--Foreword.