New Bites: Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch

Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch comes out today.



Welcome to Hereville, home of the first-ever wisecracking,
adventure-loving, sword-wielding Orthodox Jewish heroine. A delightful
mix of fantasy, adventure, cultural traditions, and preteen commotion,
this fun, quirky graphic novel series will captivate middle-school
readers with its exciting visuals and entertaining new heroine.



Mirka is back, and she’s still the only sword-brandishing, monster-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl in town. Or so she thinks.



When
a misguided troll aims a meteor at the witch’s house, the witch grabs
hold of the closest thing possible to transform the flying, flaming
rock—and that would be Mirka’s hair. The meteor is changed, all right:
it’s now Mirka’s identical twin.



Doppelganger Mirka, vowing to be a
better version of the real girl, sets out to charm all of Hereville,
including Mirka’s own family. Our heroine challenges the meteor girl to a
three-part contest . . . and the loser will be banished from Hereville
forever!