Eli Remembers
Contributors: Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator)
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published: September 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9780802853097
Subjects: Picture books; Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Religious; Religious - Jewish; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction; Family; Jews; Juvenile Fiction; Rosh ha-Shanah; United States; Children: Grades 4-6
Description: Year after year, Eli watches the solemn lighting of seven candles at his family's celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. On such a happy occasion, his parents and grandparents always seem sad, and Eli can't understand why.Then one year Eli travels to Eastern Europe to learn more about his family history. There, he learns how the candles represent his family's connection to the Holocaust in Lithuania, and how remembering his ancestors can help heal years of grief and shame.