Two years earlier: Moving back to Israel after several years in Pennsylvania, Jonathan is ready to fight to preserve and defend the Jewish state. The story begins in an Israeli military jail, where-four days after his nineteenth birthday-Jonathan stares up at the fluorescent lights of his cell and recalls the series of events that led him there. In this “n uanced, sharp, and beautifully written” (Michael Chabon) debut novel, a young man prepares to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country. **A 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Debut Fiction**
Sara's harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives.Īs Grandmère tells Julian, "It always takes courage to be kind, but in those days, such kindness could cost you everything." With poignant symbolism and gorgeous artwork that brings Sara's story out of the past and cements it firmly in this moment in history, White Bird is sure to captivate anyone who was moved by the book Wonder or the blockbuster movie adaptation and its message.**A 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist** Here, Palacio tells Grandmère's heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grandmère. Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with an unforgettable story of the power of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war. Inspired by her blockbuster phenomenon Wonder, R.
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