Uri Orlev
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Michael's grandfather has a secret-a secret that's almost too strange to share...
When Michael moves to Israel, he leaves loneliness behind and steps into the light of his grandfather's magic. Like a sorcerer's apprentice, Michael learns how to blur the lines between dreams and reality when his grandfather hands down the most precious of gifts-a gift that allows Michael passage into his grandfather's dreams.
Written with a quiet simplicity that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
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"'Srulik, there's no time. I want you to remember what I'm going to tell you. You have to stay alive. You have to! Get someone to teach you how to act like a Christian, how to cross yourself and pray....The most important thing, Srulik,' he said, talking fast, 'is to forget your name. Wipe it from your memory....But even if you forget everything-even if you forget me and Mama-never forget that you're a Jew.'"
And so, at only eight years old, Srulik...