Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2023 | Longlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2023 ages 7-10
This first graphic novel from Cicada follows 11-year-old Benji and his elderly grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, as they traverse Brooklyn and Manhattan, gathering the ingredients for a Friday night dinner.
This is a powerful, affecting and deceptively simple story of Jewish identity, of generational divides, of the surmountability of difference and of a restless city and its inhabitants.
Bubbe's relationship with the city is complex - nothing is quite as she remembered it and she feels alienated and angry at the world around her. Benji, on the other hand, looks at the world, and his grandmother, with clear-eyed acceptance.
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Bubbe's relationship with the city is complex - nothing is quite as she remembered it and she feels alienated and angry at the world around her. Benji, on the other hand, looks at the world, and his grandmother, with clear-eyed acceptance.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Alte Zachen: Old Things and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Alte Zachen: Old Things features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Graphic Novels & Comics, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Featured Books for 9+ readers
Hardback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. In Stock.
Alte Zachen: Old Things was written by Ziggy Hanaor and published by Cicada Books
Alte Zachen: Old Things has 72 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. In Stock.
