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Author:

Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.

Title:

The secret shofar of Barcelona / Jacqueline Dembar Greene ; illustrated by Doug Chayka.

Publisher:

Kar-Ben Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Marranos--Spain--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--Spain--History--16th century--Juvenile fiction.
Marranos--Fiction.
Jews--History--16th century--Fiction.
Concerts--Fiction.
Shofar--Fiction.
Rosh ha-Shanah--Fiction.
Spain--History--Philip II, 1556-1598--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Chayka, Doug, ill.

Summary:

In the late 1500s, while Don Fernando, the conductor of the Royal Orchestra of Barcelona prepares for a concert to celebrate Spain's colonies in the New World, his son Rafael secretly practices playing the Shofar to help Jews, who must hide their faith from the Inquisition, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Includes historical facts and glossary.

ISBN:

0822599449 (pbk.)
9780822599449 (pbk.)
0822599155 (lib. bdg.)
9780822599159 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)244339560

LCCN:

2008031197

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)