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Gr 4–6—Rose and her family are Russian Jewish immigrants living in El Paso, TX, in the early 1900s. Rose discovers that one of her older brothers, Abraham, has lied to their parents concerning his whereabouts and has joined Pancho Villa's army. While trying to have a letter delivered to Abe telling him to give up his outlaw ways and come home, Rose is kidnapped by some...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fourteen-year-old Rose, a member of a traditional Russian Jewish family living in 1915 El Paso, has already been told more than one version of her older brother Abraham's whereabouts, but after she spots him in a newspaper photo of the "notorious gang of Mexican outlaw Pancho Villa," she tries to send him a message to convince him to come home. In the process, she witnesses an interaction...Log In or Sign Up to Read More