The Great Depression has hit Muriel and her family hard in Washington, D.C., and after her father loses his job the family won't have enough food to make for the Passover seder. Then Muriel meets a kindly but mysterious magician near the Lincoln Memorial, who creates a sumptuous feast big enough for the family's whole Jewish community. Teaching Books: https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=71437.