Fikry-a glorious and immersive novel about two childhood friends, once estranged, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. “This entertainingly illustrated tale unwinds itself and reveals the meaning of Hanukkah.“One of the best books I’ve ever read.” John Greenįrom the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. When Baila tries to use it for her own benefit, she cooks up some big trouble-in this beautifully illustrated holiday story featuring a visiting rabbi, a talking cow, lots of laughter, and some delicious fried pancakes.
enough to feed the whole village! But Moishe is supposed to be the only one who can use the miraculous pan. Then Moishe receives a gift himself-a pan that magically produces all the latkes anyone could wish for. . . . How can they afford to make latkes when he keeps giving and giving to everyone else? The only one who doesn’t appreciate him is his wife, Baila. In the little village of Wishniak, Moishe the mailman is known for his generosity and good heart.
Moishe's Miracle - A Hanukkah Story Laura Krauss MelmedĪ magical frying pan creates havoc in this “original Hanukkah story that has the sound and feel of a traditional folktale” (Booklist). As events spiral out of control, Tom realises that this is destined to be the deadliest adventure of them all. But Tom's deadly adversary, The Plague Doctor, has once again followed him through time, and is intent on taking his revenge. Can Tom persuade him to try and publish the book as a novel or will one of the world's greatest adventures be lost forever? And is Tom going to prove to be the inspiration for some of Stevenson's best-known adventures? One ally in Tom's quest is Catriona McCallum, the young girl he last met in 1828, now an elderly woman and an author herself. In 1881, Tom meets Robert Louis Stevenson, a sickly young author who has just published the story as a weekly serial in a children's magazine.
This time, the book he is reading serves as the catalyst for his adventure. When Tom Afflick heads back to Edinburgh to stay with his mother and her partner, Hamish, he begins to think that he has finally come to terms with the breakup of his parent's marriage - but a sudden accident on a country road sends him tumbling once more, headlong into the past.
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