Not So Shy
Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel.
She’s determined to come up with a plan that will get her back home. Maybe she can go back with her grandparents when they come to visit. Or maybe she can win a drawing competition that offers a plane ticket to any destination in the world as the grand prize. Meanwhile she’s stuck navigating seventh grade in a language that used to be just a subject in school. As Shai faces antisemitism but also gains support from unexpected sources, she starts to see her new life with different eyes. Maybe home is a place in the heart.
A Sydney Taylor Honor Book
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978-1-7284-2792-8
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$9.99 | |
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978-1-7284-8113-5
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$23.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 3 |
| Category | Diverse Books: Celebrating Differences , Diverse Books: Immigration & Refugees, Diversity, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning |
| Copyright | 2023 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Kar-Ben Publishing ® |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 256 |
| Publication Date | 2023-04-04 |
Author: Noa Nimrodi
Noa Nimrodi was born in Jerusalem and grew up moving back-and-forth between Israel and USA. Her novels have been published in both Hebrew and English. When not writing, Noa can be found reading a variety of genres, creating all sorts of art, and running on the beach, with or without her dogs, in Carlsbad, California.
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Not So Shy
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Awards
- Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Honor
Reviews
Jewish Book Council
“Noa Nimrodi explores both universal themes of alienation and the specific challenges that Israelis might confront when acclimating to a new culture. Readers will empathize with Shai’s distress.” ―Jewish Book Council
Kirkus Reviews
“Touching, tender, and heartbreaking.” ―Kirkus Reviews
Sydney Taylor Shmooze
“‘The heart is big enough to have more than one place to call home’… Emotionally relatable and help[s] readers ponder issues of prejudice and allyship.”―Sydney Taylor Shmooze
Association of Jewish Libraries
“At times comical and at times emotional…this heartwarming novel would be an asset to both public and Jewish libraries.”—Association of Jewish Libraries