this book—which begins and ends with the question
Melek Zertal (Algeria)
But Sobek's idyll is broken and he must limber into action when a distraught priest relays news of affront and vandalism from the followers of Set
a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love
” -Jennifer & Matthew Holm
Esther's Notebooks: Tales from my twelve-year-old life Joakim Drescher this book—which begins and endsBy Riad Sattouf. Published by Pushkin Press. Softcover, 56 pages, Colour, 2021. Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friends daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, about school, her friends, her hopes, dreams and fears, and then he works it up into a comic strip. This book consists of 52 of those strips, telling between them the story of a year in the life of this sharp, spirited and hilarious child. The result