![]() ![]() Seamlessly weaving together Hasidic life with magical realism, these books explore what it’s like to have big dreams (Mirka wants to be a sword-wielding dragon slayer) and outsized adventures without letting go of your religious life or family. In the books ( How Mirka Got Her Sword, 2010, How Mirka Met a Meteorite, 2012, and How Mirka Caught a Fish, 2015), Mirka stands up to local bullies, outwits a wily asteroid, and knits berets at a breakneck speed, among many other adventures, often with her siblings, Gittel and Zindel, in tow. Mirka is back, and she’s still the only sword-brandishing, monster-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl in town. ![]() And you can find it in the pages of the Hereville books, a series (three so far) of graphic novels by Barry Deutsch. /rebates/2f97814197039802fHereville-Mirka-Met-Meteorite-Deutsch-14197039862fplp&. Mirka lives in Hereville, a town with Hasidic Jews, witches, extremely huge pigs, and magical fish. Sure, she wears a uniform from her Bais Yaakov (that is, her Orthodox girls’ school) and long braids, but this 11-year-old Hasidic girl is also a superhero who fights trolls, bargains with witches, gets pulled into outer space, and still manages to be home in time to light the Shabbat candles. ![]()
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