When a blizzard leaves a family housebound one Hanukkah, they share what little food they have with some starving animals who later return the favor.

"Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg’s life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. It's the summer of 1967, and her big sister has eloped with a young man from India following Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that says banning interracial marriage is unconstitutional in all 50 states. Ariel's Jewish parents don't approve, and soon, her sister disappears into the bohemian New York City of the 1960s. Back home...

"Here, a child and a mother measure, mix, knead, shape, and tuck their dough under a towel like a sleeping baby. Then, as they do every week, they wait while their dough rises, soon to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones." --publisher's website.