Desta and the other members of her Falasha family, Jews suffering from discrimination in Ethiopia, finally flee the country and attempt the dangerous journey to Israel.
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The Return:
The Return by:Sonia Levitin was pretty interesting but as you fist started reading it you probably wouldn't get that impresion. This noval is ablut a young girl named Desta that lives with her aunt,auncle,brother,ans sister. Her brother's name is Joas and hes the oldesrt out of them three. Her sister's name is Almaz and shes the youngest out of them three. Desta's aunt and auncle raised all three of them because their parents had died when they were very young.
They lived in Ethiopia a small village in... more info
MSJA Summer reading review:
The Return by Sonia Levitin, is a story of a Jewish girl who lives in Ethiopia who is living with her Aunt Kibret, Uncle Tekle, younger sister Almaz, and her older brother Joas. Desta's mother died giving birth to her younger sister, and her father died of poisons or evil spells. In Ethiopia the Jews were discriminated against. The Jewish schools were closed and boarded up. They were often beaten up if they tried to attend Catholic schools. One day when Desta did go to school with her friend Gennet and... more info
Review for MSJA:
The Return by Sonia Levintin is about Desta a 12-year-old Ethiopian-Jewish girl that lives in a small village high in the mountains of Ethiopia with her older brother Joas, her younger sister Almaz, Desta's Aunt Kibret, her Uncle Tekle, and a few neighbors around her village. The other tribes hated them and called them Falasha, stranger. They often almost blamed Desta's people for everything that went wrong. The other tribes also tortured, beat, or sometimes even kill them. Other people would tell them to... more info
The Return By Sonia Levitin, MSJA, August 31, 2002:
The Return by Sonia Levitin was an ok book. I did enjoy reading it though. The book was about a young Jewish girl named Desta. She lives with her aunt, uncle, her brother Joas, and her sister Almaz in Ethiopia. Since Desta was Jewish, the other Ethiopians called her and the people of her community "falashas" (which means strangers.) One day her brother Joas came up with an idea to travel to Israel, the "promised land." Desta's Aunt and Uncle did not think it was a good idea. They thought that Desta and... more info
