Yossel's journey

by Kathryn Lasky · 2008

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Yossel and his family leave their Russian village to escape pogroms, and once in America they settle in the desert near Santa Fe, where they run a trading post, learn English, and befriend a Navajo family.

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisfrontierfrontierMore like thisLess of thisNew MexicoNew MexicoMore like thisLess of this
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childrens

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