One+More+River

Lesley is a teen aged girl princess. She has every thing she wants in Canada; her father owns the most popular store where they live, she gets any kind of dress she wants, she has the cutest boyfriend in her class, and she is the most popular girl in school. One day her father tells her she has to leave everything behind. She starts a rebellion, but it fails. She goes to her big brother, Noah, to see if he would help. Noah was banned from their family when he married a Catholic woman and changed his religion. So they immigrate to Israel to get closer to their Jewish culture. At first, Lesley doesn't like it, but she got used to it over time. She went over to the Jordan one time and saw a boy, donkey, and the boy's father, and the other kids called the boy her boyfriend because she yelled hello at him. Later she finds out the boy crossed the river and stole a picture of her from her parent's house. The children she lives with made a group where they meet at night in different places. They gave her a test so Lesley could prove herself worthy of being in that group. Her test was going halfway across the Jordan River and make an "X" on the bridge. She ended up taking the boy's donkey with her on accident and left her shoes. Later the boy and her meet at the river and Lesley sends the donkey back, and the boy treated the donkey better this time instead of hitting it all the time. Then Noah comes to volunteer and he and her father make up and reunite again. Later, Lesley and her classmates go to the other side of the river for a field trip because they won the war against the Arabs. She meets the boy she saw across the river and they talk for a while. They have a fight, and Lesley leaves. They both regret fighting with each other and they cry about it for a while.

I learned that in Israel there are old farms that children and their parents are separated from each other, but not completely. They just have different sleeping chambers.The children and adults work hard and learn about three different languages so the could communicate with the people across the border. I also learned the Arabs and Israelies don't get along very well.-**Leah**

I really didn't like this book at the beginning until the middle of the book. It was really hard for me to keep going, but I got through it! It was getting interesting once she meets the boy across the river. I was a bit upset when I knew the two of them were in love with each other, but they will never see each other again. -**Leah**