{"product_id":"the-cloak-from-baghdad-a-graphic-novel-9798765670231","title":"The Cloak from Baghdad: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGrowing up in London in the 1970s, there's a lot that Louise doesn't know about her family. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer parents and grandmother fled Iraq forty years ago, but no one will tell her why. She gets her answers when a magical cloak--an abaya--transports Louise back in time to her mother's childhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, Flora is living an ordinary life in Baghdad with her twin brother and the rest of their family: attending school, shopping in the souk, swimming in the Tigris River. But the world around them is changing, and Iraq is no longer a safe place to be Jewish. When Flora's home is attacked, Louise finally understands the forces that have shaped her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA kid-friendly story about the underrepresented community of Iraqi Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Isaacs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kar-Ben Publishing (R)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.49w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765670231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e 08 - 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaacs, Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCarol Isaacs\u003c\/strong\u003e is a keyboard player, accordionist, and writer. She has recorded and toured with many international artists including Sinéad O'Connor (Ireland), Indigo Girls (US), Ahmed Mukhtar (Iraq), Phongsit Khampee (Thailand). Also known as The Surreal McCoy, an award-winning cartoonist (published in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker, Private Eye, Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e), Carol drew \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Baghdad\u003c\/em\u003e graphic memoir based on her own family's recollections and then turned it into a motion comic with music, playing Arabic accordion on the soundtrack. Her children's story \u003cem\u003eSamira's Stars \u003c\/em\u003e(also set in Baghdad) won the UK Jewish Children's Book Awards in 2021.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Carol Isaacs \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48944161063069,"sku":"9798765670231","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_306e99c8-6eee-4e97-aada-2d5a6d074a49.jpg?v=1790154616","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-cloak-from-baghdad-a-graphic-novel-9798765670231","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}