Kirkus Reviews Special: SPOTLIGHT ON FICTION 2006 35 HOT DEBUTS AN AUTHOR DELIVERS A FIRST NOVEL ONLY ONCE of course, and with that book launches a career. Maybe that’s the reason, along with the consistent craving for things new, that so many readers have such optimistic curiosity about fiction debuts: Here’s a voice you haven’t […]
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Raisins and almonds; Sleep, my little one, sleep Reviewer: E. R. Bird “Ramseelbird” (Manhattan, NY) If I were a writer of children’s books, which I am not, and I wanted to write my debut novel I’d start very slow. Maybe write something fluffy and fun to begin with and then slowly, over the years, ease […]
Haunted by the loss of her parents to war and typhus, and driven from her Polish shtetl during the murderous anti-Semitic pogroms of 1921, Devorah, 12, and her younger sister, Nechama, are taken with 200 other Jewish orphans to safety in South Africa’s Jewish community. The first-person narrative in this debut novel swings back and […]
WULF, Linda Press. The Night of the Burning: Devorah’s Story. 208p. glossary. CIP. Farrar. 2006. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-36419-2. LC 2005052113. Gr 5-8 This first-person narrative is an insightful exploration of the effects of traumatic experiences, and an ultimately hopeful portrait of a young girl. In 1920 Devorah, 11, and her younger sister are the […]
