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Not So Shy

Noa Nimrodi

Silver Medal Winner:Sydney Taylor Book Award -Middle Grade (2024)

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

Book Details

  • Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
  • Publish Date: Apr 4th, 2023
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.40in - 5.20in - 0.71in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9781728427928
  • Recommended age: 09-14
  • Categories: Social Themes - Emigration, Immigration & RefugeesSocial Themes - Prejudice & Racism

About the Author

Nimrodi, Noa: - 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.

Praise for this book

"Touching, tender, and heartbreaking." ―Kirkus Reviews

-- (2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM)

"Noa Nimrodi explores both uni-ver-sal themes of alien-ation and the spe-cif-ic chal-lenges that Israelis might con-front when accli-mat-ing to a new cul-ture...Read-ers will empathize with Shai's dis-tress."―Jewish Book Council

-- (6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM)