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Benny Feldman’s
All-Star Klezmer Band
Striker Boy
Jonny Zucker
July 2020
320 pages
216 x 138 mm
£12.99 | $12.95
Paperback
9781784385170
Allison and Wayne Marks
November 2020
208 pages
216 x 135 mm
£12.99 | $12.99
Paperback
9781784385552
An exciting, fast-paced footballthemed thriller for older children
or young teens.
A humorous, culturally Jewish
story about creativity and selfbelief, difference and inclusivity,
friendship and family.
In this football-centred thriller, thirteenyear-old Nat Levy learns about being part
of a team, when to take chances, when
to accept criticism and when to stand up
for himself. It also depicts the changing
relationship between parents and children
as they grow up and the effects of grief
and loss for both sides.
With the school talent show a few months
away, Benny Feldman embarks on a quest
to assemble a champion klezmer band to
help him win the trophy. Along the way,
he meets a jazz-loving drummer, a bowtie-wearing clarinet prodigy and a braggart
accordion player from Cajun Country.
He also learns a great deal about the joys
and sorrows that lie at the heart of
klezmer and discovers that being
different can be wonderful.