Kitty Wintrob Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

The year is 1986. Paul, 17, is a high school student who works part-time as a youth leader at a modern orthodox synagogue in Toronto. His parents are determined to send him to camp for the summer. But he has other plans. With a friend’s help, he signs up for a pre-army six-week cadet training program in Israel. Even though his Hebrew is not every good, he insists on going into an Israeli unit. There he meets secular youth who bait him that a modern orthodox kid − a Canadian, yet! − won’t be able to keep up with the demands of the program. But Paul is determined to prove them wrong. From the moment his plane lands in Tel Aviv to his cadet graduation at the Kotel in Jerusalem, Paul faces numerous challenges and unanticipated adventures along the way. And for the first time, he must confront his future. It’s a common struggle so many teenagers have after spending a powerful summer or gap year in Israel. In Thumbs Up, it certainly changes one young life.

At the start of World War Two, thousands of school-children are evacuated from London to the British countryside before German bombs begin to fall. Kitty Simmonds, a spirited 10-year-old girl from the city's East End, isn't pleased to be leaving her Mum and jolly Uncle Yudi behind. Once in the countryside, she's stunned at the hardships she has to endure from her "foster parents" as she struggles to maintain her Jewish identity in an alien world. She's determined to escape back to her Mum and the relative comfort of their home, even as the sirens blare and the "Blitz" begins. A warm and gripping tale, marked by authenticity and adventure, and suitable for young readers as well as adults.