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  • Yankee at the Seder
  • Written by author Elka Weber
  • Published by Random House Children's Books, March 2009
  • The war is over, and everyone is saying the South lost. Ten-year-old Jacob would give anything to show those Yankees that not all Confederates are ready to surrender.He gets his chance when he sees a real, live Yankee soldier walking down his street, o
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The war is over, and everyone is saying the South lost. Ten-year-old Jacob would give anything to show those Yankees that not all Confederates are ready to surrender.

He gets his chance when he sees a real, live Yankee soldier walking down his street, on leave for Passover. But before Jacob can think of a way to be brave, the Yankee asks him for a piece of his matzoh.

This true story about a Jewish Yankee soldier joining a Southern family’s Passover meal shows how common values can overcome even the most divisive differences. Gathered around the seder table, the group discusses what it means to be free—a subject as relevant today as it was during the War between the States and during the Exodus.

Publishers Weekly

When his mother invites a Union Army corporal-"a Yankee Jew" named Myer Levy-to join the family for Passover, Jacob is aghast: they're proud Virginia Confederates, and only 24 hours have passed since Lee's surrender. But Mother has tradition on her side: as she reminds Jacob, the Haggadah commands Jews to welcome "all who are hungry... all who are in need" to their seder tables. With a cinematic flair and rich, realist oils, Gustavson (A Very Improbable Story ) depicts how a détente between North and South is forged-albeit tenuously-by the timeless values of faith, civility and chicken soup. Basing her writing on a historical incident, Weber makes an impressive debut. The fiercely held loyalties and enthusiasms of her 10-year-old narrator feel authentic, and her gift for dialogue-especially the Southern-Jewish inflections of Jacob's family-makes the pages fly. Above all, she deserves great credit for not forcing her characters to hug and learn in the final pages. "Well, that was something, wasn't it?" the mother says as the Yankee departs. Sensitively written and beautifully illustrated. Ages 7-9. (Mar.)

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