Book Talk: 'Two Tribes'
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In her poignant debut graphic novel "Two Tribes," inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the complexity, meaning, and deep love that comes from being part of two vibrant tribes, celebrating her Native American and Jewish roots.
"Two Tribes" is about teenage Mia, who is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn't want to talk about him, but Mia can't help but feel like she's missing a part of herself without him in her life.
Soon, Mia makes a plan to use the gifts from her bat mitzvah to take a bus to Oklahoma--without telling her mom--to visit her dad and find the connection to her Muscogee side she knows is just as important as her Jewish side.
Celebrated by Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly, Two Tribes has been named a School Library Journal Best Book, one of New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids and is a. National Jewish Book Award winner.
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