Zevi Takes the Spotlight chosen by PJ Library to be a PJ Our Way Selection!

ZEVI TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT has been chosen by PJ Library as a PJ Our Way Selection.

And I have been honoured, too, and awarded the PJ Our Way Grinspoon Jewish Story Award! I am delighted that Zevi will be sent to Jewish families all over North America — for free! From The Harold Grinspoon Foundation. It's an incredible initiative that I am so proud to be part of.

Zevi is a Jewish teen who has one dream — to become an actor. But he has an unwanted talent. He's psychic! And being psychic keeps getting in the way of his acting career. This is especially true since the famous Jewish actor Robert Lemon has come to Vancouver to film a new movie — part of it in Zevi's house! But when "accidents" start to happen, Zevi and his best friend Nir must save Robert Lemon from a murderer.

A Storm Unleashed — Coming this Fall!

My new middle grade novel, A Storm Unleashed, will be out this fall with Scholastic Canada. Set in 1933-35 Berlin, it is the story of Mia and her beloved dog Max . It chronicles Germany’s rapid descent into fascism from democracy and the unleashing of a rising storm of hatred against the Jews and Hitler’s “enemies.” Mia, Max, her family and her friends find themselves in a terrifying reality.

The novel also explores the little-known story of Hitler's dog army, which he created as part of his preparation for war and in order to subdue the groups he was rounding up and sending to concentration camps.

Kai and the Golem Cover Reveal!

 Kai and the Golem, my second picture book, is slated for release on November 4, 2025. And we have a cover! Who knew a Golem could look so cute? But Kai doesn't think the wrecker he calls Golem is all that adorable. In fact, Kai wonders if it is Golem that is ruining things for him on a daily basis. Or, could it be, as his Dad suggests, that Kai really misses his Bubbe, who is recovering in hospital? Maybe it's time for Kai to think about things differently, which might include a mitzvah for his Bubbe. 

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Two new book deals for publication this year!

Transatlantic Agency has just announced two book deals! And, I'm thrilled that both these new books will be published in 2025.

Kar-Ben has acquired my picture book, Kai and the Golem, illustrated by Elisa Vavouri, for publication in the spring of 2025. In Kai and the Golem, nothing seems to be going right for Kai: it’s raining every day, he doesn’t get what he wants for breakfast, and he misses his Bubbe, who’s in the hospital. He doesn’t know what’s going on, but he begins to wonder if a golem is to blame! 

Scholastic Canada has acquired my next middle grade Holocaust novel, Mia & Max, for publication in fall of 2025. In Mia & Max, a Jewish girl and her beloved dog are both in danger as the Nazis rise to power in 1930s Berlin.