How can you tell when it is time for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? The young girl in the story can tell when her family receives cards wishing them a happy New Year.  They gather together to light candles for the holiday meal and say blessings over apples and honey.  They go to synagogue to pray and hear the shofar.  From New Years cards and having a special holiday meal, to worshiping at synagogue and sending the year's sins away on the river, the young narrator of this story describes each activity of the High Holy Days as she experiences this special time with her family.  Ages 4-8