Description
When Rebecca Samuelsons father is hospitalized and cant be with the family at Passover, Rebecca is distressed. She doesn't want to talk to her friends about her feelingswhat can they say except theyre sorry. So she begins a series of letters to Elijah, the prophet who visits Jewish homes during the Passover seder. As Passover approaches, eleven-year-old Rebecca writes letters to the prophet Elijah as she struggles to cope with her father's illness and her own emotions about Judaism and life.