Ever since October 7th things have not been so good at 12-year-old Tamara Cohen’s house. Dad is angry and upset and Mum is snappy and even little sister Eden is anxious and worried. Then to top it all, Dad announces that Gidi, Tamara’s cousin is coming to stay and that he will be using Tamara’s bedroom. Dad and Tamara fall out and to make matters worse, Gidi’s strange behaviour in their London High School, soon attracts the attention of bullies, Lola and Dean. As the war between Israel and Gaza deepens, so do divisions at school, including the teachers and within Tamara’s friendship group. Tamara’s best friend Yazmin stops talking to her and a swastika appears on Tamara’s locker. Lola and Dean set up a football match with one side playing for Israel and the other for Palestine and Tamara begins to despair that things will ever be the same again. Then Gidi tells her and the whole school about his club back home; Pomegranates for Peace where Israeli Jews and Israeli Muslim Arabs come together to build bridges of understanding, in the belief that all people are equal and can live in peace. Slowly his words begin to make a difference.
Genre: Fantasy
Genre: Fantasy
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