Books with title Double Cross

"Outstanding in both its structure and its questioning of faith, this offering is not to be missed." -Kirkus Reviews (STARRED Review)"Best of all is the shocking surprise that changes everything, even Papa-a haunting aspect of the immigrant story left too long untold." -Booklist (STARRED Review)The future for Jews in rural villages of Russia in 1905 held little promise. Stories of pogroms seeped through the countryside, and the czar was conscripting soldiers because of rumors of war and revolution. Benjamin Balaban, a poor but very devout Jew, determines to flee to America. He will take Raizel, his almost-twelve-year-old daughter, and once they are settled he will send for his wife and other children. Raizel doesn’t understand the reasons for leaving. How can her village be dangerous? It’s full of magic and the stories and poems that her grandmother Bubba tells her.But go she must. Her odyssey with her father across Russia and Europe and on to America is full of adventure, adversity, and hardship. She desperately misses her family, but she retells Bubba’s stories to keep her memories alive. Finally, they board a ship for America, but a terrible storm makes Raizel and her father sick. All their food is stolen, and Benjamin won’t eat non-kosher food. At Ellis Island, his long beard and ear locks, his peasant clothes, his deep cough, and emaciated frame get them turned away from America. Raizel, though, is now determined to get back to America and the hope of a new life for her whole family. She must convince her father that he’ll have to give up his orthodox food and traditions and put on the clothes of his new country. She and her father both will have to leave everything behind to make their final crossing to America.Double Crossing is the winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People and the Skipping Stones Honor Award, and is a Notable Book for a Global Society and a Notable Children’s Book of Jewish Content.Eve Tal was born in 1947 in New York City. She lives on Kibbutz Hatzor with her husband and three sons.

In this third and final installment of the Cross Series, the twins, Kiki and Tabby Cross have been kidnapped and taken to a hidden bunker, awaiting their first meeting with the mysterious villain known only to them as “The Man”. Meanwhile, Dane and Blue are escorting Calico and Fancy Cross to the only place they can truly be safe – Windrake Mountain and the protection of Levi Drake’s pack. But “The Man” has plans of his own. Will Dane and Levi be able to find the twins in time? And will they be able to protect them and all the ones they love from what’s coming next?

Nell and her grandmother volunteer to help fellow quilter Suzanne lead a quilting retreat at a new bed and breakfast, and at the last minute another member of the group, Bernie, decides to join them. When they arrive, Bernie's old high school sweetheart, George, greets them at the door of the inn.Bernie is visibly shaken by the reunion, particularly since George's new wife is her former best friend, Rita. To make matters worse, Nell learns that her own romantic interest, Police Chief Jesse Dewalt, was spotted back in Archer's Rest on a date with a pretty redhead. Nell spots George and Rita fighting, and she suspects that George has slipped a sedative into her lemonade to keep her quiet. But before anyone can confront him, George's body is found in the woods -- and Bernie was the last person seen with him.

There's a new set of twin boys on the scene, and like Sammie and Charlie, these twins are almost identical. Charlie's friends, and the popular kids, are quick to accept the cuter boy. But when a bonfire on the beach gets out of control, Charlie's group blames it on the other twin. Both Sammie and Charlie know he isn’t the boy to blame, but will they have the courage to come forward to tell the truth and double-cross the popular kids?

"A spectacular twist on the old Iron Curtain escape."-Library JournalA tightly plotted international intrigue. Russian doctor's desperate bid for freedom-a pageturner and a passionate defense of man's right to be free. "Well-crafted. I congratulate Holzer on finding her true voice the first time out."-Harry Crews "High suspense, good writing, believable characters-splendid espionage."-Mary Higgins Clark"This novel has everything going for it: devious plot, vivid and multidimensional characterizations, and judicious selectivity. Double Crossing succeeds both as dandy entertainment for the general reader and as a subtle novel of ideas. The novel's story is one man's lifelong ambition to flee the Soviet system to the West. Its theme is man's profound need for personal liberty. Ms. Holzer beautifully integrates her theme with carefully chosen and impeccably researched details."-Robert Bidinotto, Boston Herald"A masterfully written, well-crafted novel, Erika Holzer's Double Crossing is a sensitive, realistic depiction of the human condition in Soviet Russia and East Germany, played against the backdrop of man's endless quest for freedom."-Jim Finnegan, Manchester Union LeaderErika Holzer's Double Crossing is very good - superior by first-novel standards. She has something important to say, and she says it in the mode of the serious thriller. The material is carefully researched, the plotting intricate and taut."-John Dunlop, American Spectator"Double Crossing, a first-rate novel, may be read as a 'page-turner' suspense/escape story, but for lovers of serious art, it will become, as well, the kind of deeply moving experience only serious fiction can offer. That Erika Holzer imaginatively entwines suspense and seriousness is her most stunning achievement."-Alexandra York, Aristos"Once in a while a novel of comp

"A spectacular twist on the old Iron Curtain escape."-Library JournalA tightly plotted international intrigue. Russian doctor's desperate bid for freedom-a pageturner and a passionate defense of man's right to be free. "Well-crafted. I congratulate Holzer on finding her true voice the first time out."-Harry Crews "High suspense, good writing, believable characters-splendid espionage."-Mary Higgins Clark"This novel has everything going for it: devious plot, vivid and multidimensional characterizations, and judicious selectivity. Double Crossing succeeds both as dandy entertainment for the general reader and as a subtle novel of ideas. The novel's story is one man's lifelong ambition to flee the Soviet system to the West. Its theme is man's profound need for personal liberty. Ms. Holzer beautifully integrates her theme with carefully chosen and impeccably researched details."-Robert Bidinotto, Boston Herald"A masterfully written, well-crafted novel, Erika Holzer's Double Crossing is a sensitive, realistic depiction of the human condition in Soviet Russia and East Germany, played against the backdrop of man's endless quest for freedom."-Jim Finnegan, Manchester Union LeaderErika Holzer's Double Crossing is very good - superior by first-novel standards. She has something important to say, and she says it in the mode of the serious thriller. The material is carefully researched, the plotting intricate and taut."-John Dunlop, American Spectator"Double Crossing, a first-rate novel, may be read as a 'page-turner' suspense/escape story, but for lovers of serious art, it will become, as well, the kind of deeply moving experience only serious fiction can offer. That Erika Holzer imaginatively entwines suspense and seriousness is her most stunning achievement."-Alexandra York, Aristos"Once in a while a novel of comp