Simon Says

by Griffis, Molly Levite

• ISBN13: 9781571688361
• ISBN10: 1571688366
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Eakin Pr

Summary

Simon, a sixth-grader who had been sent from Germany to live with an American family when he was six years old, spends the summer of 1942 facing his feelings of abandonment and learning about antisemitism in his small Oklahoma town.

Table of Contents

1: Postcard from the Past	1	(11)
2: The Homecoming	12	(12)
3: A Room of His Own	24	(6)
4: A New Day	30	(12)
5: A New Life	42	(7)
6: Simon Isadore Green	49	(8)
7: Universal Knowledge	57	(9)
8: Good-bye, John Alan Feester	66	(17)
9: Hello, Kenneth Stumbling Bear	83	(10)
10: The Truth of the Trees	93	(10)
11: Simon's Secrets	103	(17)
12: The Best of Times	120	(10)
13: The Worst of Times	130	(8)
14: Rachel to the Rescue	138	(6)
15: The Truth at Last	144	(5)
16: Sneaking Suspicions	149	(6)
17: Justice Swift and Harsh	155	(3)
18: Schwartz's on Sunday	158	(3)
19: Simon's Seder	161	(12)
20: King of the Jews	173	(9)
21: The Wisdom of Solomon	182	(10)
22: News and Revelations	192	(11)
23: Schwartz's Many Secrets	203	(10)
24: Gus Tells His Secret	213	(5)
25: Home from California	218	(6)
26: Pen Pals	224	(13)
27: Letter from the Past	237	(14)
28: Anything Is Possible	251	(2)
Author's Note	253	(2)
Taps	255	(1)
Acknowledgments and Commentary	256	(3)
Glossary	259