Yuri Suhl (–1986)

Although we never learn where Simon Boom lives, there are Chelm stories very similar to this in which a man who wants only the best X figures out that if X is as good as Y and Y is as good as Z then the best thing to get is obviously Z. Hence, when instructed to get fish for his daughter's wedding, he serves water. (see the final words of the story for the equivalences.)

This novel is written for children ages 10 to 15. Based on the lives of a real group of resistance fighters is a highly suspenseful, often moving story.

A story of a man who wanted only the best for his daughter's wedding but who ended up disappointing his wife and guests.

A feminist Jew born in Poland who led crusades against slavery and feminine subjugation in America