TY - SOUND AU - Hesse,Karen AU - Dawe,Angela ED - Brilliance Audio (Firm) TI - Letters from Rifka T2 - Brilliance Audio on compact disc SN - 1441818111 PY - 2010/// CY - Grand Haven, MI PB - Brilliance Audio KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Jews KW - Letters KW - Audiobooks N1 - Compact discs; Duration: 3:03:00; Director, Mel Foster; Read by Angela Dawe; 9 years and up N2 - Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia with her family in 1919. But she dreams that in the new country she will at last be safe from the Russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the Jews. Throughout her journey, Rifka carries with her a cherished volume of poetry by Alexander Pushkin. In it, she records her observations and experiences in the form of letters to Tovah, the beloved cousin she has left behind ER -