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Asher, Sandy
3 Reviews
(4)
4-6
This collection of short fiction, memoir, poems, and mini-plays is a mixed bag, ranging from the bland and disappointing to the humorous and suspenseful. Standouts feature a record breaking home-run baseball that lands in a hotel room, a stutterer who wins a big role in the school musical, and a musically challenged boy's comical experience learning the accordion.
Reviewer: Mark Adam
(4)
4-6
Although it contains a clunker or two, this generally sturdy collection takes on everything from being the new kid to losing a parent to emigrating to defying gender norms. Protagonists differ widely in terms of race, family configuration, socioeconomic status, and time in history. Bonus: photos of the authors as girls (between ages nine and thirteen) appear with their contributors' notes.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
YA
A baker's dozen of well-known writers (Johanna Hurwitz, Eric A. Kimmel, and Gloria D. Miklowitz among them) each craft their own response to the question, "What does it mean to be a young person who is also a Jew?" The editor supplies a story of her own, an introduction, and an interview with each contributor. From this fine group, readers would expect skillful, rewarding work--and they get it.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn
3 reviews
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