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`Paha Sapa: Black Hills` - New Novel

A new novel, jointly written by Gladys Bensimon, a writer and director, and Sheila Martin Berry, a novelist, reveals an engaging story of a Jewish girl and her experience living on a farm in the Black Hills of South Dakota. `Paha Sapa: Black Hills` is a story for young readers everywhere who will enjoy the various adventures and cultural differences this young girl has to face growing up. The book is now available nationwide at Barnes and Nobel, Amazon, Borders and other bookstores.

Eleven-year-old Sarah Levy was a city girl, a Brooklyn girl perfectly happy growing up in the bustling 1920?s world of Brooklyn, and she could not imagine a better place to live. A grandparent?s death, however, changes her life in a flash and she finds herself and her family across the country to a starkly different land and lifestyle in South Dakota. Moving into their newly inherited ranch, her parents patiently uncover the secrets of the land, but Sarah uncovers a terrifying secret from the past.

A mysterious Indian friend, Wicincala, brings her visions of the past, horrific dreams and hallucinations in which she witnesses the massacre of an entire tribe of Lakota Indians. Sarah has to unveil the truth that ultimately will take her back to Brooklyn. Fighting unusual birds, blizzards, bullies, and the wishes of her parents, Sarah embarks on a mystical adventure into the Black Hills that unites the entire community, and changes her life forever.