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"Yet ANOTHER Troll-fighting 11-year old Orthodox Jewish girl" I really enjoyed the way that Deutsch integrated explanations of the daily life practices & rituals of Orthodox Judaism cleanly into the text. I also feel that there is a need for mainstream fiction where characters' faith is clearly integral to their lives and identities without being a major plot point. (It would be nice to have some books where the main character just happened to be Muslim.) Also, I really love trickster tales. On
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Definitely something I would rate 3.5 if I could. Cute, whimsical, and fun. Maybe lacking a little oomph at the end, and feeling a little unfinished. But the author's web site promises that a sequel is in the works.
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This was delightful. There were lessons, and morals, and adventure, and kids being actual kids, and this whole exotic-to-me interwoven culture that was adequately but not over explained.
I bought this from the author at GeekGirlCon. I was knitting during a panel on Star Wars, and after was talking with a bunch of other ladies who had also been knitting. One of them mentioned there was a graphic novel in the dealer's room about a Orthodox Jewish girl who gets into a knitting fight. I, of course, had to track this down.
I read it on the plane home and it was super adorable and cute. It was also educational for those not as familiar with Orthodox culture, and Deutsch helpfully prov ...more
I read it on the plane home and it was super adorable and cute. It was also educational for those not as familiar with Orthodox culture, and Deutsch helpfully prov ...more
Fantabulous.
I really wish this was a ten-star system; this was a 3.5, easy. It was simple, and slightly disjointed, which is why I won't give it a full four, but it was sweet and smart and funny, and I loved the slightly unreal neighborhood they live in--a modern, all-Orthodox town where kids walk to school through the woods every day and learn to knit but wear sneakers and have barbecues.
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A graphic-novel fantasy about an Orthodox Jewish girl that involves troll-fighting AND knitting. Need I say more?
Oct 12, 2010
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
3.5 stars
Jan 22, 2011
Lisa Vegan
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May 04, 2013
Rachel
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Jul 18, 2013
Evan
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Hannah
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