Golemcrafters
Written by Emi Watanabe Cohen
Published by Levine Querido
On the same day Faye’s brother comes home with a black eye, a package arrives from a relative they have never met. It’s a slab of clay: some weird kind of bar mitzvah present?
The strange gift turns out to be an invitation to learn a craft that has been in their family for centuries. And it’s not pottery.
Faye and Shiloh are driven to New York City by their grandfather for a spring break filled with magical instruction. But at night, they find themselves transported to a strange parallel world, where groups of innocent people are facing appalling hatred and violence. Are Faye and Shiloh destined to defend them?
How is that possible for a brainy, unpopular eleven-year-old and her vulnerable older brother?
It will take all the strength they can draw from their Jewish and Japanese heritage to not only crack the mystery of this alternate world but to find the power in them to confront the troubles of their present.
Primary ISBN: 9781646142699
Publication Date: November 2024
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Middle Grade, Age 08 or older
Community Represented: Japanese/Japanese American
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 3rd, Generational Differences, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Hebrew Featured Words, Multilingual: Japanese Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Setting: United States (New York), Fictional World
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 3rd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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