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Page iii The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin Dede Fox Ducharme A Chaparral Book for Young Readers Texas Christian University Press Fort Worth

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title	:	The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin
author	:	Ducharme, Dede Fox.
publisher	:	Texas Christian University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0875651801
print isbn13	:	9780875651804
ebook isbn13	:	9780585033266
language	:	English
subject	Immigrants--Fiction, Jews--Texas--Fiction, Prejudices--Fiction, Texas--Fiction.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	PZ7.D8565Tr 1998eb
ddc	:	[Fic]
subject	:	Immigrants--Fiction, Jews--Texas--Fiction, Prejudices--Fiction, Texas--Fiction.

Page iv Copyright 1998 by Dede Fox Ducharme Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ducharme, Dede Fox. The treasure in the tiny blue tin / Dede Fox Ducharme. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. - ). Summary: In the early 1900s in Texas, a twelve-year-old Jewish immigrant runs away to search for his father who he fears is sick, and he is joined on his dangerous journey by a prejudiced country boy. ISBN 0-87565-180-1 (paper) [1. ImmigrantsFiction. 2. JewsTexasFiction. 3. PrejudicesFiction. 4. TexasFiction.] I. Title. PZ7.D8565Tr 1997 [Fic]dc21 97-15419 CIP AC Cover illustration by Don Punchatz; text design by A. T. Row

Page v In loving memory of Esther, Joseph, Rose, Max, Lou, Sophie and Henry Lewis who brought our family to Texas and left as their legacy hundreds of descendants, all proud Jewish Texans.

Page vi Acknowledgments With thanks to mentors and friends Elaine Scott and Kathleen Kain who were there with me at the Rice University Writers' Workshop on that July day that the character Max and my niece Diane were born. Special thanks to my daughters Sara and Amy who are very patient when my imaginary lives are given priority over daily details. Most special thanks go to my husband Chuck who shares my dreams and helps each and every one of them come true.

Page vii Contents The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin 1 Glossary of Yiddish and Hebrew Expressions 141 For Further Reading 143

Page 1 1: Mama's Boy Max Miller felt the thumping rhythm of wheels on the wooden platform behind the store. For a few seconds he stared, wide-eyed and tense. Then he dropped his broom and ran outside, his apron strings flapping behind him. Shading his eyes from the hot Houston sun, he squinted at the American boys. "Think you're a bunch of bicycle cowboys, don't ya?" drawled a lanky boy who eased himself from the shadows of the blacksmith's barn. He hitched up one shoulder of his worn overalls. "Y'all look like rodeo clowns." The riders circled him. "Quit blowing smoke, Joe!" called out one. "You're just mad because your pa won't let ya ride anything but some old nag." Then they took off down the alley. Joe waved away the cloud of dust before seeing Max.

Page 2 "What are you grinning at? Bet ya don't even know what I said, greenhorn!" Max stood very straight and still. "Yes, I do," he said softly. Suddenly, Max felt a firm hand on his shoulder. His uncle led him back into the storeroom. "What a dreamer you are! It's time to get your head out of the clouds. Mrs. Lerner is waiting for milk, and you haven't unloaded the milk crates. Be a good boy now and fill the icebox. We've got to keep our customers happy, or they'll take their business elsewhere." At twelve Max was still short, but he easily lifted the crate and carried it into the store. "You know my nephew, Max, don't you, Mrs. Lerner?" Uncle Benny asked a plump, gray-haired customer. "Why, yes," she nodded. "Aren't he and his parents living upstairs with you?" "Yes, my brother-in-law, Samuel, has been with me for quite awhile, but my sister and the children just arrived from Russia last year, in May of 1912," he said proudly. "It's a little crowded, but, for family," Uncle Benny shrugged and smiled, ''nothing is impossible. Besides, my niece, Leah, is staying with a cousin for awhile. She's helping in their dairy."

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