The Murderer

About the Book

"Good as a drink of seltzer on a hot day," says the Library Journal review of this coming of age story.

Bucking intolerance in a crucial year of his life, Hershy Marks wonders why God plunked him down in Pennsylvania coal country but didn't amke him Polish. An essentially lighthearted boy, Hershy has a lot of questions. Why do the miners' kids beat up on the merchants' kids? Could what is happening in Germany happen here? And what can Hershy do about it?

About the Author

Felice Holman is the author of the much-honored Slake's Limbo and 23 other titles for children and young adults. Many have been cited as ALA Notable Books and N.Y. Times Best Books of the Year, and, like The Murderer, translated extensively. Awards include the Lewis Carroll shelf award, The Austrian Youth Book Prize, and the Child Study Book Award.