Maya's JourneyMaya's Journey

Inspired by real events, "Maya's Journey" is a moving celebration of inter-generational connection, blended families, and the many ways to be Jewish--and American. Maya loves to make up stories--big, bright, and full of imagination. But when her teacher asks for a true family story, Maya is stumped. What story could she tell? Her parents introduce her to two remarkable women from their past: Great-Grandma Essie, who crossed an ocean alone to escape danger in Romania, and Great-Grandma Martha, who rode across the American South in a Jim Crow train car to seek fairness and freedom. As Maya listens to their journeys, full of bravery, laughter, and hope, she discovers a powerful truth: her family's story is also her own.