Young amateur archeologist Jodie invites her cousin Zach on a Passover adventure to explore Hezekiahs Tunnel in Jerusalem, the famous secret water tunnel.



AWARDS! AWARDS!
Sydney Taylor Honor Award Winner for Teen Readers:
Freefall by Anna Levine
(Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)

Notable Books for Younger Readers:

Jodie’s Hanukkah Dig by Anna Levine with illustrations by Ksenia Topaz


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When all the adults at the dig are too big to explore an underground cave, little Jodie steps up to the task and proves to be brave, nimble, and strong -- just like the heroes of the Hanukkah story.

First review is in!

Levine…writes knowledgeably about the details of archaeological work, including the thrill of discovery, the backbreaking work of digging in the hot sun, and its importance to the historical record... A good choice for classes studying history or countries.”

Booklist of the American Library Assn

FREEFALL by Anna Levine

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FREEFALL (publishers Greenwillow/HarperCollins) Coming september 2008
Aggie is eighteen and getting ready to do her service for the Israeli army.

She could get a cushy assignment—maybe pushing paper somewhere—or she could just take her chances. Only, Aggie isn’t like that. Despite her small size and the fact that she needs to gain weight to even make the grade, and despite the total disbelief of her entire family Aggie is trying out for an elite combat unit.

Luckily for Aggie her back-breaking, sand-in-mouth, completely-lost-in-the-desert training produces an unlikely dividend: friends. The kind she never imagined she could have. The kind you’d go to war with—and for.



And what the reviewers are saying:

“Levine…writes with immediate, vivid detail…in this stirring…first-person present-tense narrative about cosmetics and kissing, as well as courage and conflict.”
-- Booklist of the American Library Assn