Living in a small Louisiana town where hers is the only Jewish family, Toby Belfer gives a party for her friends in order to explain Hannukah, including the story of Judah Maccabee, the significance of the menorah, how to make potato latkas, and how to play the game of dreydl.

Toby takes a trip to Ellis Island and retraces her family's arrival in 1904.

Toby invites her best friend Donna Barker, who is Christian, and her family to the Belfer's Passover Seder, and the Barkers learn about the origins and customs of this holiday.

Toby learns the true meaning of heroism in light of the Holocaust. Toby Belfer, now a fifth grader, returns for another adventure in this middle reader. While on a trip to Israel, Toby and her friend Donna visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust History Museum. Here they learn about the Righteous Gentiles, great Christian men and women who sacrificed their safety and lives to help Jews during World War II. From the secret hiding places of Corrie ten Boom and the factories of Oskar Schindler to the Paper Clip Project undertaken by a group of extraordinary students in Whitwell, Tennessee, the girls are taken on an emotional, educational journey through history.

Toby takes a trip to Ellis Island and retraces her family's arrival in 1904.

Nine-year-old Toby experiences the excitement and wonder of her cousin Paul's bar mitzvah.

The prophet Elijah appears in five stories about special Jewish days, including Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Succot, Pesach, and shabbat.