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Rachel Kamin, Temple Israel Libraries & Media Center, West Bloomfield, MIĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Look to Tammar Stein's Light Years (Knopf, 2005) or Pnina Moed Kass's Real Time (Clarion, 2004) for a stronger sense of life in contemporary Israel. Sarah's coming-of-age experience could have happened during any summer camp or work experience, making the book accessible to a general teen audience. The fast-paced, easy-to-read, free-verse narration captures the voice of a typical American teen. While her journey to find herself is not without hardship and challenges, and her idealistic view of Israel and kibbutz life is shattered, Sarah survives the summer transformed, with a new sense of Jewish identity, a deeper connection to the land of Israel, increased self-confidence, and a more mature awareness of her own sexuality. When her parents offer to send her to Israel for the summer, she jumps at the chance to assert her independence, reinvent herself in a new place, and live and work on a kibbutz. A self-described band geek, she is tormented by the popular clique and overburdened by her feeling that her religion is a conscious decision every day of her life. I am studying sculpting (in all that free time I have) and trying to relearn the trumpet.Grade 8 Up-Sarah Green, 16, is one of two Jewish students at her small Pennsylvania high school. I live in New York City with my husband, who's also a writer, and our dog. So it was a thrill to jump into the mythology and try my own hand at it while trying to capture a young woman's perspective. I've always loved the stories of King Arthur and found Arthur to be such a compelling character, one who stands for all that is best in humanity-truth, justice, equality, freedom, hope, friendship, and love. SONG OF THE SPARROW retells the story of the character known throughout Arthurian legend as the Lady of Shalott. Never having felt quite at home in her small town in the US, Sarah finds kibbutz life to be a fascinating and eye-opening adventure. THE WEIGHT OF THE SKY is the little-bit-autobiographical but mostly fictional story of a sixteen year old American girl who travels to Israel for a summer. I'm the author of two young adult novels, THE WEIGHT OF THE SKY (Viking, 2006) and SONG OF THE SPARROW (Scholastic Press, 2007), and I'm currently at work on a third. She continues to write for young adults, and wrote a short story titled 'See Me' for the anthology 21 Proms, which was published by Point in 2007. Not only do I get to edit children's books, but I also get to write them. Sandell moved to New York City in 2000, and began work as a children's book editor.
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