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From author Amanda Panitch comes a hilarious middlegrade novel with a magical realism twist about a girl a golem and her ailing grandfather perfect for fans of The Fourteenth Goldfish

Elevenyear old Leah Nevins is NOT a fan of change

So when her parents start whispering about sending her beloved grandpa Zaide to an assisted living facility hospital jail she is very resistant Zaides house where her family gathers on Saturday afternoons is the only place where Leah feels like she truly belongs Sending Zaide away would change everything

Luckily Leah remembers a story Zaide once told her about building a golema creature of Jewish mythology made out of clayto protect their family from the Nazis in Poland So of course Leah decides to make a golem of her own to look after Zaide The directions he gave her were pretty easy to follow but there is one thing he never told her what to do when a golem turns against its creator