Swimming to Jerusalem History_Gift_Guide The United States Board on

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List — PreK—2 (2024)The New York Times New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award (2023)

Each of these essays engages with a single archival object

whose wailing cry echoes across Arctic tundra lakes

the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm

struggled to maintain his independence and it was during these years that

Swimming to Jerusalem History_Gift_Guide The United States Board onSwimming to Jerusalem is the story of Bram Goodman; his family, friends, colleagues, and demons. Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Israel and moved to Brooklyn as a teenager. When he flunks out of college, Bram returns to Israel in an effort to find a sense of purpose. He enlists in the Army with Yoni, his cousin and best friend. Their tour of duty is uneventful until, nearing the end of their service, they find themselves on the Lebanon