Young people in Israel write about their experiences dealing with personal problems, handicaps, fears, and relationships with parents and others.

"True stories of twenty-six people who either wrote or told them to Chaim Walder."--

When Tzviki's family moves from Israel to New York, Tzviki, of middle-school age, has a hard time adjusting to his schoolmates. Nonetheless, he succeeds, with newfound and hard-won self-confidence. When his family returns to Israel, he befriends a brilliant Hasidic boy, and keeps level-headed during a hostage crisis. His sister, Miri, also endures an agonizing friendship.