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K-Gr 4—Sarah Brenner grew up in a large Jewish family in a poor neighborhood. Taught to be helpful and obedient, she finds freedom in creative arts such as dance, theater, and writing. As she grows older, she no longer wants to be quiet: she changes her first name to Sydney, becomes the first female class representative at her high school, and calls out injustices and prejudices when she sees them. When her daughter Jo complains at the lack of Jewish families in children's literature, the woman who would publish books as Sydney Taylor begins to tell Jo s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More