Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() To Mama, Russian Jewish emigrants are today’s Pilgrims, because they came to America for religious freedom, just like the original Pilgrims. Mama stays up all night, and when she’s finished, the doll resembles a Russian emigrant girl in traditional dress. She has trouble finishing the doll, so her mother tells her she’ll finish it for her. Mollys Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen 5.0 (3) Paperback (REV) 3.99 Paperback 3.99 eBook 4.99 View All Available Formats & Editions Premium Members get an additional 10 off AND collect stamps to save with B&N Rewards. ![]() Molly’s class is given an assignment to create a doll based on a Thanksgiving character, and Molly hopes that by successfully completing it she will prove her knowledge of Americans and gain her classmates’ acceptance. As Molly nears her first Thanksgiving in the New World, shes embarrassed when her mother helps with a Thanksgiving project by making a little doll that. Molly yearns for her old home when she finds her new one to be unfriendly. What she finds in America instead of accepting peers is a group of insensitive classmates who make fun of her ethnic mannerisms. Based on the sensitive children’s book by Barbara Cohen, Molly’s Pilgrim is the story of a young Russian Jewish girl who has emigrated to America with her parents to escape religious persecution. ![]()
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