How I Saved Hanukkah

By Amy Goldman Koss

Book Overview

"Will appeal to young readers who will also find themselves learning a bit about the meaning of Hanukkah...Warm and funny." --School Library Journal Marla Feinstein, the only Jewish kid in her fourth-grade class, hates December. While everyone else is decorating trees, she'll be forgetting to light the candles and staring at a big plastic dreidel. The holidays couldn't get much worse. So Marla decides to find out what Hanukkah's really about--and soon she and her family have made the Festival of Lights the biggest party in town

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141309822
• ISBN13: 9780141309828
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Writing Witty Enough For An Adult

I found this story to be witty and full of humor. The story of Marla practically mimicked my life in a small town with no other Jews. The unknown holiday I celebrated and the massive overly merchandised holiday of my neighbors and friends was exactly what I felt. Marla's character was me, seventeen years ago.

A good book for third graders

I liked this book because it was exciting and I learned al lot about Hanukkah. The book is not about eight nights of presents but the other things about Hanukkah, like why we play with driedels. I am in third grade and this book was just at my level.