Ellie's Deli Wishing on Matzo Ball Soup!

Lisa Greenwald, Galia Bernstein

eBook - 2023

WINNER OF THE 2023 EARPHONES AWARD (AUDIOBOOK)From Lisa Greenwald, the beloved author of the TBH and Friendship List series, comes a new middle grade fiction series about a girl trying to save her family's deli. Ellie's family owns the town deli. Its official name is Lukshen Deli, but everybody calls it Ellie's Deli. When a restaurant group threatens to move in and take over, tenacious Ellie and her BFFs must prove that matzo ball soup and sour pickles are here to stay."A cute and concretely Jewish take on a classic storyline."—Kirkus ReviewsEleven-year-old Ellie is feisty, determined, and a little bit anxious. She considers Lukshen Deli part of the family—after all, it's been around for four generations, e...ver since her great-grandmother opened it. When Ellie accidentally overhears that her family deli is most likely going to close, she does the only thing she can think of: She makes a wish on matzo ball... more