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

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

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.