Books for young adults, teens and children.
Painting titled “4 Women” by Malak Mattar
Alice Rothchild writes all kinds of stuff. From YA books to children’s lit.
Sometimes
she writes about teenagers. (Finding Melody Sullivan)
Sometimes
she writes about kids 7-12. (Old Enough to Know)
Sometimes
she writes graphic novels. Still in process!
APRIL 2024
The Stranger, a Seattle newspaper, has chosen
Finding Melody Sullivan and Old Enough to Know for their Spring READ THIS! campaign
Finding Melody Sullivan has been featured as a resource on rethinkingschools.org —
“Violence in Israel and Gaza” October 11, 2023
Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism
16-year-old MELODY is falling apart after her mother’s death. She pours her grief into poetry and a relationship with her powerhouse friend, YASMINA. When Melody’s emotionally distant father drags her to a Jerusalem conference, she is sexually assaulted. She impulsively flees to Hebron where Yasmina is visiting her family. Melody’s other source of solace is AARON, a religious boy back home with an awkward crush who believes she’s wandering into enemy territory. This is a story about trauma and taking emotional risks, about facing internal demons and the external realities of war and occupation, about finding oneself in the most unexpected places.
Finding Melody Sullivan
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Alice Rothchild loves storytelling that pushes boundaries and engages us in unexpected conversations.
When she is not making good trouble, she loves hiking in the Pacific Northwest, playing with her grandchildren, tending to her boisterous garden, and stretching the boundaries of her cooking.
“FINDING MELODY SULLIVAN is a must-read. Rothchild offers readers a multifaceted narrative of a teen-aged girl navigating friendship, identity, family, and grief, in the context of witnessing a military occupation. Rothchild treats all her characters with respect and compassion, and the result is a deeply human story which is, at turns enraging, humorous, surprising, and always honest and authentic.”
— Jen Marlowe, author, playwright, filmmaker
Middle East Books review
If you know a teen who is walking that tightrope or, perhaps, just wants to know what’s actually going on in Israel and occupied Palestine, this is the book for them. And go ahead and sneak a read before you hand it to them.
— 12/02/2023 Delinda C. Hanley