Thursday, August 23, 2012

Young Adult Nominees

Things a Brother Knows

     By Dana Reinhardt

     When Levi Katznelson’s older brother, Boaz, returns from Iraq, he’s different. Much different than the carefree Boaz that Levi remembers: he is no longer the extremely popular and very talented athlete he had been in high school. Everything has shifted and Levi is the only one that can admit, to himself at least, that Boaz is not the same boy that left. It’s as if the whole family has been holding their collective breath- everything in their lives has been on hold while he’s been gone and even more since his return. Levi has struggled to keep his head above water through high school, and has trouble understanding his brother’s pain.

Dana Reinhardt

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