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Starred Review on May 1, 2017 | Middle Gradel
Gr 4–8—It's 1983, and David's got worries: his impending bar mitzvah, his constantly competing Chinese and Jewish grandmothers, the cute girl who makes him nervous, and his popular new friend, who dislikes David's longtime best friend—plus, it's the height of the Cold War, and nuclear annihilation could hit at any second. David's lightly anxious tone; the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2018
David Da-Wei Horowitz (who is Jewish and Chinese) is preparing for his January 1984 bar mitzvah. But reading Torah "in front of about a zil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More