Title: Sound of Applause
Description: Rebecca Rubin is growing up in the bustling city of New York in 1914. She dreams of being a star on the silver screen, but her performance this year is on the stage at school. She has to share the spotlight with her cousin Ana, though, and Rebecca fears the audience will laugh instead of applaud. Will Ana hurt or help the performance? Then, being included in a special plan fills Rebecca with joy. But what act of kindness teaches her the true meaning of the holiday season?
Subjects: Children's fiction, Time travel, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Jews, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Family life, History, Historical fiction