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Highlights
- Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel.
- Sydney Taylor Book Award (Middle Grade) 2024 3rd Winner
- 8-9 Years
- 7.4" x 5.2" Paperback
- 256 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Social Themes
Description
About the Book
Twelve-year-old Shai hates having to move to America and is determined to find a way get back home to Israel--until she starts opening up to new experiences and friendships.Book Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel.
She's determined to come up with a plan that will get her back home. Maybe she can go back with her grandparents when they come to visit. Or maybe she can win a drawing competition that offers a plane ticket to any destination in the world as the grand prize. Meanwhile she's stuck navigating seventh grade in a language that used to be just a subject in school. As Shai faces antisemitism but also gains support from unexpected sources, she starts to see her new life with different eyes. Maybe home is a place in the heart.
A Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Review Quotes
"Noa Nimrodi explores both uni-ver-sal themes of alien-ation and the spe-cif-ic chal-lenges that Israelis might con-front when accli-mat-ing to a new cul-ture. Read-ers will empathize with Shai's dis-tress." ―Jewish Book Council
-- (6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM)"Touching, tender, and heartbreaking." ―Kirkus Reviews
-- (1/11/2023 12:00:00 AM)