Dreidels on the Brain
by Joel ben Izzy- Grades: 5 - 8
- Ages: 10 - 13
- Format: Paperback Book
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With its offbeat humor and appealing hero, this touching novel about growing up Jewish in L.A. has all the makings of a holiday classic!
With its offbeat humor and appealing hero, this touching novel about growing up Jewish in L.A. has all the makings of a holiday classic!
Some mature content.
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One lousy miracle. Is that too much to ask? Evidently it is for Joel, as he tries to survive Hannukah 1971 in the suburbs of Los Angeles (or, as he calls it, "The Land of Shriveled Dreams"). That's no small task when you're a "seriously funny-looking" 12-year-old magician who dreams of being his own superhero: Normalman. And Joel's a long way from that as the only Jew at Bixby School, where his attempts to make himself disappear fail spectacularly. Home is no better, with a family that's not just mortifyingly embarrassing but also flat-out broke. That's why Joel is betting everything on these eight nights—to see whether it's worth believing in God or miracles…or anything at all. Armed with his favorite jokes, some choice Yiddish words, and a suitcase full of magic tricks, he's scrambling to come to terms with the world he lives in—from hospitals to Houdini to the Holocaust—before the last of the candles burns out.
No wonder his head is spinning: he's got dreidels on the brain. And little does he know that what's actually about to happen to him and his family this Hanukkah will be worse than he'd feared…and better than he could ever have imagined.
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No wonder his head is spinning: he's got dreidels on the brain. And little does he know that what's actually about to happen to him and his family this Hanukkah will be worse than he'd feared…and better than he could ever have imagined.
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Product Details
- Grades: 5 - 8
- Ages: 10 - 13
- Product Type: Book
- Page Count: 320 pages
- Dimensions: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8"
- Language: English
- Subject & Themes: Jewish Experiences, Hanukkah, Middle School
- ISBN 13: 978-1-338-23065-9