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ben Izzy, Joel

Dreidels on the Brain

320 pp. | Dial | October, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-4097-6 $17.99
(3) 4-6 Nine chapters (one for each night of the holiday plus the shammes) set during Hanukkah 1971 are loosely based on the author's childhood. Twelve-year-old Joel, a budding magician and the "only Jew in my class," humorously narrates life in suburban L.A. It's not always a laugh riot--his father spends much of the story in the hospital--but Joel's offbeat perspective leavens darker moments.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016

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