Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite

Welcome to Hereville, home of the first-ever wisecracking, adventure-loving, sword-wielding Orthodox Jewish heroine. A delightful mix of fantasy, adventure, cultural traditions, and preteen commotion, this fun, quirky graphic novel series will captivate middle-school readers with its exciting visuals and entertaining new heroine.
Mirka is back, and she's still the only sword-brandishing, monster-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl in town. Or so she thinks.
When a misguided troll aims a meteor at the witch's house, the witch grabs hold of the closest thing possible to transform the flying, flaming rock--and that would be Mirka's hair. The meteor is changed, all right: it's now Mirka's identical twin.
Doppelganger Mirka, vowing to be a better version of the real girl, sets out to charm all of Hereville, including Mirka's own family. Our heroine challenges the meteor girl to a three-part contest . . . and the loser will be banished from Hereville forever!

Praise for Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite:
STARRED REVIEWS
Deutsch has created a wonderful world in Mirka's insulated Orthodox village and continues to capture it adroitly... Mirka is unflinchingly likable because she is so tempestuous and inexact, and really, who can't relate to that? This truly clever series is lots of fun.
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

The color illustrations are as crisp and clear as they come. The endlessly creative panel and perspective work adds visual interest and gives experienced graphic-novel readers plenty to savor. A well-crafted addition to a truly distinctive series.
--School Library Journal, starred review

She's both a fish out of water (she dreams of being a sword-wielding dragon slayer) and committed to her Orthodox Jewish faith, family, and community. All of this makes her one of the most original and comically endearing heroines to come down the pike in a long time.
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

The graphic novel format serves the quirky story well, with strong inks and a subdued palette that emphasize characters' personalities and facial expressions as well as the tale's action. As with Mirka's first adventure, this volume brings diversity and wit to comics for young teens and tweens...
--The Horn Book Magazine

Deutsch is a masterful storyteller with both realistic kid patter and expressive cartoons--not only of Orthodox life but also of assorted trolls and other mostly benign fantasy creatures. A spunky adventure in kid-accessible truths revealed through the employment of fantasy.
--Booklist

Award
2013 Sydney Taylor Award - Notable Book, Older Readers
Texas Library Association Maverick Graphic Novel 2014 list

Author: Barry Deutsch
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 11/01/2012
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781419703980
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 154842 / Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite


Award: Cybils - Winner
Award: Oregon Book Awards - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2012 pg. 2261
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2012 pg. 87
School Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 127
Booklist 11/15/2012 pg. 38
Publishers Weekly 12/24/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 96 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Barry Deutsch won the 2010 Sydney Taylor Award and was nominated for Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, and Nebula awards that year. He won the national Charles M. Schulz Award for best college cartoonist in 2000 and was nominated for Comic-Con's Russ Manning Award for Promising Newcomer in 2008. He lives in Portland, Oregon.