Shanghai Sukkah

Shanghai Sukkah — page 1 — For my brother-in-law Bruce Green a true Tzaddik H S H For my mom and dad who have made everything possible J J T Text copyright 2015 by Heidi Smith Hyde Illustrations copyright 2015 by Jing Jing Tsong All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review KAR-BEN PUBLISHING A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA 1-800-4-KARBEN Website address www karben com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hyde Heidi Smith pages cm Shanghai sukkah by Heidi Smith Hyde illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong Summary To escape the Nazis a young Jewish boy named Marcus and his family move to Shanghai where Marcus and his new friend Liang build a sukkah on the roof and together they celebrate Sukkot and the Chinese Moon Festival ISBN 978 1 4677 3474 5 lib bdg alk paper 1 Sukkah Fiction 2 Sukkot Fiction 3 Mid-autumn Festival Fiction 4 Friendship Fiction 5 Refugees Fiction 6 Emigration and immigration Fiction 7 Jews China Shanghai Fiction 8 Shanghai China History 20th century Fiction 9 China History 1937-1945 Fiction I Tsong Jing Jing illustrator II Title PZ7 H9677Sh 2015 E dc23 2014028812 Main body text set in Century Gothic Standard 14 19 Typeface provided by Monotype Typography Manufactured in the United States of America 1 CG 7 15 15

Shanghai Sukkah — page 2 — shanghai sukkah heidi smith hyde illustrations by jing jing tsong

Shanghai Sukkah — page 3 — on his tenth birthday Marcus found himself on an ocean liner headed for Shanghai I don’t want to go to China he whispered to his parents I want to stay in Berlin But Berlin wasn’t safe for Jews anymore We need to go where we are welcome Marcus Mama said I know it won’t be easy but as long as we’re together we’ll manage somehow And there are other Jews in Shanghai

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