num_pages: 192
description: Set in contemporary Israel, this powerful novel is narrated in real time by many Sixteen-year-old Thomas, from Berlin, seeking answers to questions about his grandfather, a Nazi officer in World War II. Vera from Odessa, reclaiming her Jewish heritage. Baruch Ben Tov, a Holocaust survivor. Sameh Laham, illegally employed at a diner. His boss. Sameh’s friend Omar. A Palestinian doctor in an Israeli hospital. A mother. A soldier.A newscaster . . .Minute by minute, hour by hour, these lives and many others unfold—and then intersect in one violent moment on a highway outside Jerusalem. Each is drastically and irrevocably changed. What do secrets, hopes, dreams, and future plans mean after such a catastrophe? Can what was destroyed be made whole again?
language: English
title: Real Time
titlecomplete: Real Time
genres: Cultural, War, Israel, International, Teen, Jewish, Young Adult, Read For School, Terrorism, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 298
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Children’s and Young Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sydney Taylor Book Award
category: Older Readers
publisher: Clarion Books