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I recently read ARI CEO Tal Tsfany’s children’s book Sophie and recommend it. The book revolves around a teenage boy (Leo) and his friendship with a new girl, Sophie, who moves to his town and challenges his thinking on many subjects and events. Sophie is an independent-minded, ambitious, and integrity-laden character who is effectively juxtaposed against the ordinary people in her school and town.
What I found particularly noteworthy about Sophie is that she is an illegal immigrant from Syria — an important attribute of a heroic character to highlight, especially in the current era of demonization of illegal immigrants.
The plot takes the reader through many concrete events such as political campaigns, bullying episodes, sharing, and corruption. I think the book is obviously very valuable as a way of starting conversations with children about important topics, but is also a good story that adults would enjoy as well. I believe its theme is the role of integrity.
I hope it finds a large audience.
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Re: Amesh Adalja’s post 101057 of 3/3/19
I agree completely with this assessment. Although Sophie has been characterized as a children’s book, I would say that it is very enjoyable for an adult to read as well. It is well-told, and concerned with several important issues: independent thinking, irrationality of laws limiting immigration, and the building of character shown by Leo, to mention just a few. The characters are beautifully realized. And, yes, I agree that the overall theme is the role of integrity.
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