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  • The Book of Elsie (Orca Currents)

The Book of Elsie
(Orca Currents)

Author
Joanne Levy
Publication Date
August 16, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  6th − 8th
Language
English
The Book of Elsie (Orca Currents)
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Description

Elsie Rose-Miller loves celebrating the Purim holiday and can't wait for the annual costume party at her local synagogue.

Elsie plans to dress up as the fierce and smart Queen Esther, who saved all the Jewish people. But when financial hardship and a terrible incident of hate-inspired vandalism threaten not only the party but the synagogue too, Elsie, like Queen Esther, takes action to bring her entire community--Jewish and non-Jewish alike--together.

Publication date
August 16, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781459834248
Lexile Measure
530
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Series
Orca Currents
BISAC categories
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV039120 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
JUV033020 - Juvenile Fiction | Religious | Jewish
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT

ALA/Booklist

Strong first-person narration thoughtfully explores experiences of antisemitism and prejudice...Levy presents a realistic, gutsy, problem-solving youth navigating difficult situations with the love and support of community, friends, and family.
Joanne Levy

Joanne Levy is the award-winning author of a number of books for young people, including Double Trouble, Fish Out of Water and The Book of Elsie in the Orca Currents line and the middle-grade novels The Sun Will Come Out, Small Medium at Large and Sorry For Your Loss, which was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award and won the Canadian Jewish Literature Award. She lives in Clinton, Ontario.

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