Dreidels on the brain
(Book - Children's)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2016].
Status
Coquille Public Library - Junior - Fiction
[JF] BEN IZZY, JOEL Dreidels on the
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[JF] BEN IZZY, JOEL Dreidels on the
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Published
New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2016].
Format
Book - Children's
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5, 11 Points
Level 5, 11 Points
Lexile measure
790
Notes
Description
At last a great American Hanukkah story! This very funny, very touching novel of growing up Jewish has the makings of a holiday classic. One lousy miracle. Is that too much to ask? Evidently so for Joel, as he tries to survive Hannukah, 1971 in the suburbs of the suburbs of Los Angeles (or, as he calls it, "The Land of Shriveled Dream"). That's no small task when you're a "seriously funny-looking" twelve-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 flat-out broke. That's why Joel's 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 have imagined. --,From amazon.com.
Target Audience
790L,lexile
Target Audience
Sentence length: 4 (hard),Word frequency: 3 (medium),Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.0,11.0,186707.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
ben Izzy, J. (2016). Dreidels on the brain . Dial Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)ben Izzy, Joel. 2016. Dreidels On the Brain. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)ben Izzy, Joel. Dreidels On the Brain Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)ben Izzy, Joel. Dreidels On the Brain Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016.
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