Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue, Heidi Smith Hyde
Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue, Heidi Smith Hyde
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Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

Author: Heidi Smith Hyde

Narrator: Intuitive

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship. When a storm overtakes the boat, it is his father’s change of heart and the family menorah that light the way home.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail on November 15, 2018

Set in eighteenth-century New Bedford, Massachusetts, this Hanukkah story centers around a family of crypto-Jews - Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity (usually Catholicism), but who secretly maintained their own traditions - and how they came to publicly profess their true faith. The epo......more

Goodreads review by Maya on December 21, 2022

Oh my goodness, this beautiful and understated story. Why haven't I been reading it all my life? (Okay, since it was published in 2012.) I'm now off to seek out Heidi Smith Hyde's other books (some of which I've already read; and I just realized that she is local to where I live) and the same for ill......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on December 22, 2019

Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue is a cute work of historical fiction with great themes of family, pride, fear, and celebrating religious traditions. It makes for a great Hanukkah story, especially for children who prefer their picture books with a bit more adventure than most holiday books have to o......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on December 24, 2018

Wonderful story about not letting fear control you. It’s a great story with multiple discussion topics. Fear, immigration, religious tolerance, family communication and more. Parents do not have to pre-read it, it is fine to read it together as a family.......more