Dreidels on the Brain
แแฅแข. 2016 ยท Penguin
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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.ย 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, โThe Land of Shriveled Dreamsโ). Thatโs no small task when youโre a โseriously funny-lookingโ twelve-year-old magician who dreams of being his own superhero: Normalman.ย And Joelโs a long way from that as the only Jew at Bixby School, where his attempts to make himself disappear fail spectacularly.ย Home is no better, with a family thatโs not just mortifyingly embarrassing but flat-out broke.ย
Thatโs why Joelโs betting everything on these eight nights, to see whether itโs worth believing in God or miracles or anything at all.ย Armed with his favorite jokes, some choice Yiddish words, and a suitcase full of magic tricks, heโs scrambling to come to terms with the world he lives inโfrom hospitals to Houdini to the Holocaustโbefore the last of the candles burns out.
No wonder his head is spinning: Heโs got dreidels on the brain. And little does he know that whatโs actually about to happen to him and his family this Hanukkah will be worse than heโd feared . . .ย And better than he could have imagined.
One lousy miracle.ย 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, โThe Land of Shriveled Dreamsโ). Thatโs no small task when youโre a โseriously funny-lookingโ twelve-year-old magician who dreams of being his own superhero: Normalman.ย And Joelโs a long way from that as the only Jew at Bixby School, where his attempts to make himself disappear fail spectacularly.ย Home is no better, with a family thatโs not just mortifyingly embarrassing but flat-out broke.ย
Thatโs why Joelโs betting everything on these eight nights, to see whether itโs worth believing in God or miracles or anything at all.ย Armed with his favorite jokes, some choice Yiddish words, and a suitcase full of magic tricks, heโs scrambling to come to terms with the world he lives inโfrom hospitals to Houdini to the Holocaustโbefore the last of the candles burns out.
No wonder his head is spinning: Heโs got dreidels on the brain. And little does he know that whatโs actually about to happen to him and his family this Hanukkah will be worse than heโd feared . . .ย And better than he could have imagined.
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In 1983 storyteller Joel ben Izzy graduated from Stanford University and set off to travel the globe, gathering and telling stories.ย Since then, he has performed and led workshops in thirty-five countries. Over the years he has also produced six recorded collections of his stories,ย which have won awards from Parentsโ Choice foundation, NAPPA, the ALA, and a Booklist Editorโs Choice Honor.ย Joel is also one of the nationโs most sought-after story consultants, supporting organizations and leaders working to make the world a better place, with clients in fields ranging from philanthropy to medicine to technology to entertainment. Joelโs first book was the highly acclaimed memoir The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness, which has been published in seventeen languages and is currently in development as both a film and a musical. He lives with his wife, Taly, in Berkeley, California. They have two grown children.
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