Rebecca's Journey Home
Illustrator
Michelle Shapiro
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9781580131575
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Mr. and Mrs. Stein and their young sons Gabe and Jacob adopt a baby girl from Vietnam.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Adoption; Interracial; Bicultural; adopted child; adoptive family; adoptive siblings; international adoption; interracial family; bicultural child; heritage
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
Vietnamese / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2007, Honor Award, Younger Reader
Keywords
Vietnamese Americans; Jews; Jewish families; brothers; new sibling; Jewish tradition
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Sugarman, Brynn Olenberg, "Rebecca's Journey Home" (2006). Diverse Families. 310.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/310