Isbn 9780449703472 9780449703472 softcover, fawcett juniper. Awardwinning author sonia levitin juxtaposes the safe and secure world of an american classroom with the severe hardship of the dinka people. Unlike the fairly standard rendering of the future, this. While many books have concentrated on the oppression of jews in the 1930s and 40s, the cure goes back even further, harnessing the fear of the plague and exposing the raw antisemitism of the day. Studying this novel expands the exploration of the value of hithadshut renewal, the theme of the tishrei 5769 issue of babaganewz. Fiction, black death, middle ages, time travel, jews, antisemitism, prejudices. Its 2407 and the almost 16yearold gemm 16884 lives in a serene orwellian society where the denizens are trained to believe that diversity begets hostility, and that. The cure 1999 demonstrates the authors courage and skill in weaving together a true historical incident with a possible science fiction future, showing chillingly the cost of apathy, ignorance and hate. Her book incident at loring groves 1988 won an edgar allan poe award. Her book incident at loring groves won an edgar allan poe award. She does a great job of explaining the attitudes of people at two different time periods. Sonia levitin is a germanamerican novelist, artist, producer, holocaust survivor, and author of over forty novels and picture books for young adults and children, as well as several theatrical plays and published essays on various topics for adults. Buy strange relations by sonia levitin online at alibris. Suzanne toren a sixteenyearold boy living in 2407 collides with the past when he finds himself in strasbourg in 48 confronting the antisemitism that sweeps through europe during the black plague.
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