In a picture book inspired by Mary Antins classic immigrant memoir The Promised Land, Rosemary Wells brings renewed freshness to the story of Masha, a young Russian girl. In the last decade of the 19th century, the czars harsh antiSemitic laws forbid Masha, who is Jewish, from going to school. When her family immigrates to America, Masha not only achieves the longdesired education, but also gains success as a poet, and a love for her new country that will last all her life.
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