Graphic novel review time and a book written by Sarah Glidden exposes the tribulations and occurrences to the Jewish retreat tours many wealthy Jews send their teenagers to see their homelands in Israel. This is a pretty interesting look and debate of a girl who questions everything the state of Israel does in the occupied territories. Many Jewish teenagers apparently from all over the world go on these heritage roots examination and this book gives a detail of what it may be like.
In her book "How To Understand Israel In Sixty days Or Less" we are given a spiritual journey and dialogue between diverse teenagers on tjeir views of Israel. The book centers on this teen girl from Brooklyn who makes this journey into Israel and views everything proclaimed as Jewish propaganda. She reflects on the hypocrisy of what much is said on these numerous tours of buildings and museums but also reflects on the early settlers journeys and why they felt they had been driven and needed a Jewish state of their own. This is a teenage book but with many graphic novels it is also easy to read and moves quickly for adults interested in learning something on a new topic. This book gave me a perspective of some of the uncertanies that jewsih kids go though with constructing a self-identity and how important these lands are for so many people and why this region always seems to be in the news.
The drawings are very good and it must of took some time to write and illustrate this from Ms Gliddon giving teens an idea of what these trips entitle and the thoughts some may have about what is being said in support of the state of Israel through these tours as these kids have questions of the validity and actions of this apartheid state. A great comic journal book for people of all ages interested in learning something about the Israel conflict and how people still live and tour this Jewish holy homeland long a source of conflict and death.
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