Out of Many Waters

Kidnapped from her parents during the Portuguese Inquisition 12-year old Isobel BenLazar was sent to work as a slave at a remote Brazilian monastery. In 1654 Isobel escapes and stows away on a ship bound for Amsterdam searching for her family. But harrowing adventures lead her to the first group of Jews to settle in America.</p>'Weaves history drama and narrative into an arresting story.</br>-<I>New York Times Book Review</I></p>'An uplifting.story.built upon twin themes long common to Jewish thought-<b>hope</b> and <b>deliverance</b>.</br>-<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></p>Sydney Taylor Honor Book</br>New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age