Copyright 2006 © Ellen Schwartz

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Schwartz, Ellen, 1949-
Yossi’s goal / Ellen Schwartz.

(Orca young readers)
ISBN 1-55143-492-X

I. Title. II. Series.

PS8587.C578Y68 2006    jC813’.54 C2006-903145-2

First published in the United States, 2006

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006928084

Summary: Yossi, a Jewish immigrant boy in Montreal, longs to play hockey, but when his father becomes ill and cannot work, all Yossi’s hard-earned savings must go to help the family, not to buy skates.

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Cover design by Doug McCaffry
Cover & interior illustrations by Silvana Bevilacqua

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