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"פתאום יום אחד הודיעו לי שמחר סבא מגיע. ואני בכלל לא ידעתי שיש סבא. חשבתי לעצמי איך זה שהסתירו ממני שהוא קיים, ואחר כך חשבתי לעצמי שהוא בטח הלך לאיבוד אבל לא אמרתי להם."
תל אביב, 1958. משפחה קטנה על גדות הירקון. גרשונה בת השתים-עשרה מתעבת את שמה, מתאמצת למצוא חברים, וחולמת על גינה בתוך עציץ. בקיץ הזה משתנים חייה. ידידות מיוחד נרקמת בינה ובין הסב העיוור שהגיע במפתיע מאמריקה אחרי שנים רבות של היעדרות. זהו גם קיץ של אהבה ראשונה לנמרוד המסתורי ושל גילויים חדשים על האנשים הכי קרובים, שעד אז היו מובנים מאליהם.

113 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1990

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May 7, 2020
Messy. Laika, the Russian dog in space, is spelled wrong. The blurb on the back says that Israel was founded fourteen years ago, but actually it's only been ten years, which means it's younger than Gershona, not older, which is important because WWII history. The story is told all out of order, very confusing for a MG book that is not meant to be a mystery.

Well, except that it is kinda mysterious. Our girl doesn't figure out hardly any loose ends. Families keep too many secrets. So do friends. Unless she does figure things out, but the author doesn't let the reader in on the secret?

It's kinda [L]iterary. so I guess there's something going on that I don't get? Or maybe I don't get it because I'm not Jewish?

I imagine some people love it. Some teachers, especially. I won't rate it because I just don't know what to think.
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August 10, 2025
I had a feeling that the timeline didn‘t always add up.
It is interesting to read from the perspective of a young girl who doesn‘t understand what the adults in her family are doing because they keep so many secrets and never give her any explanations. Many descendants of Holocaust survivors say that their relatives never spoke of the past because it was too painful.
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