1 . Four novels recommended to readers
Come Back for Me by Sharon Hart-Green
Loss, sufferings, memory, and, above all, the ties of family and being Jewish are the factors that weave (编织) together this whole story. Come Back for Me travels through time and place only to bring us, eventually, to the connections between generations. The main character is a young war survivor whose effort to find his sister takes him to post-war Israel.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
It is 1939, Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
Liesel Meminger is a little girl living outside of Munich, who tries to keep body and soul together by stealing when she meets with something she can’t resist (抵挡)-books. With the help of her father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing (炸弹) attacks as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
Red Shoes for Rachel: Three Novellas by Boris Sandler
Rachel, a daughter of Holocaust survivors raised in Brighton Beach, meets with a Moldovan Jewish woman as she is tending to her disabled, elderly mother along the Coney Island boardwalk. As the two begin a relationship, the story exposes (揭示) their past and the common points between the two children of Holocaust survivors raised in very different societies.
Shidduchcrisis: Short Stories by Penina Shtauber
Like any world, it has its stereotypes (刻板印象). We’ve got the mean guy and the shallow girl, the too-religious, the not-religious-enough and everyone in between, those who are in it because they want to and those who are in it because their moms made them.
And mostly we’ve got the pressure, pressure on all ends.
Basically, it’s a lot of fun, a lot of tears, a lot of arguments and some love.
1. What is the main storyline of the book Come Back for Me?| A．The long road back home. | B．Sufferings brought by war. |
| C．The search for a family member. | D．Relationships between humans. |
| A．War. | B．City life. | C．Family. | D．School. |
| A．The Book Thief. | B．Come Back for Me. |
| C．Shidduchcrisis: Short Stories. | D．Red Shoes for Rachel: Three Novellas. |
