Rebecca Rubin
New York City, NY – 1914
Rebecca Rubin is a lively, dramatic girl growing up in a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in New York City in the early 1910s. The second-youngest of five children, she often longs to stand out and be the center of attention, feeling overlooked between her twin older sisters, her studious brother, and the baby of the family. She dreams of becoming an actress, like her cousin, and adores the movies, even though her family thinks acting is less than respectable and hopes she’ll become a teacher instead. Rebecca acts out plays with her wooden dolls, crochets beautifully without ever needing a pattern, and has a real knack for business and numbers, earning the nickname “math whiz” from her grandfather. Warm, generous, and courageous, she loves to make people laugh, though she can be bossy when directing her productions and wants things to go her way. Throughout her stories, Rebecca navigates the balance between fitting into mainstream American life and holding tight to her family’s Jewish faith and Russian heritage.
Books
Central Series
- Meet Rebecca
- Rebecca and Ana
- Candlelight for Rebecca
- Rebecca and the Movies
- Rebecca to the Rescue
- Changes for Rebecca
Mysteries
- Secrets at Camp Nokomis
- A Bundle of Trouble
- The Crystal Ball
- A Growing Suspicion
- The Showstopper
More Information
When BeForever was introduced in 2014, they turned Rebecca’s six Central Series stories into two books: The Sound of Applause: A Rebecca Classic Volume 1 and Lights, Camera, Rebecca!: A Rebecca Classic Volume 2. The first volume included modified versions of the first three stories of the Central Series, and the second volume included modified versions of the last three stories. In addition, they released a special choose-your-own-adventure book, The Glow of the Spotlight: My Journey with Rebecca.
When BeForever ended in 2019, they repackaged the stories again into two books: The Sound of Applause and Lights, Camera, Rebecca!. The first book included modified versions of the first two stories of the Central Series, while the second book included modified versions of the fourth and sixth stories.
For more details about Rebecca’s books, or to see additional versions of books, please see the Official Fandom Page for Rebecca’s books.