“Hats off to Mr. Deutsch for the originality here. You just don't see too many stories about Orthodox Jewish kids, not to even mention ones who fight trolls. I didn't relate very much to Mirka because her drive to fight monsters seemed, I don't know, without real motive? She wants to kill bad things because, well, they're bad things! But since kids are silly like that sometimes and just want to go off and be heroes without thinking it through (like Mirka does), I could overlook the fact that I didn't connect to her desire to fight things that never did anything to her. The seamless integration of Mirka's Jewish life was refreshing, and I liked how her traditions were an integral part of her take on the world. ”
swankivy wrote this review Thursday, April 28, 2011.
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