How I Saved Hanukkah

by Amy Goldman Koss, Diane deGroat (Illustrator)

Overview

"Will appeal to young readers who will also find themselves learning a bit about the meaning of Hanukkah...Warm and funny."
—School Library Journal

Marla Feinstein, the only Jewish kid in her fourth-grade class, hates December. While everyone else is decorating trees, she'll be forgetting to light the candles and staring at a big plastic dreidel. The holidays couldn't get much worse. So Marla decides to find out what Hanukkah's really about—and soon she and her family have made the Festival of Lights the biggest party in town!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101658079
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/25/2000
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

AMY GOLDMAN KOSS is the author of several acclaimed teen novels, including The Girls, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and Poison Ivy (available from Square Fish). She lives in Glendale, CA, with her family, and she’s on the web at www.amygoldmankoss.net.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 3-4--Hanukkah is fast approaching, but to fourth-grader Marla Feinstein, it doesn't seem like a very big deal. While all of her neighbors are festooning their houses with Christmas lights and decorations, Marla has to make do with a plain menorah, a plastic dreidel that won't spin, a mom who doesn't even wrap her Hanukkah presents, and a dad who is out of town on a business trip. With her friend Lucy, Maria embarks on a mission to make Hanukkah fun, and soon has her mother making latkes, her little brother winning at dreidel, and the whole neighborhood dancing the hora. The fun and breezy tone and affectionately drawn characters will appeal to readers who will find themselves learning a bit about the meaning of Hanukkah in the bargain. DeGroat's pen-and-ink illustrations complement this warm and funny story.--EM

School Library Journal