This is a wel­come book that fills an impor­tant void. At a time when Jew­ish heroes are large­ly absent from Amer­i­can his­to­ry class­es, Mal­ka Druck­er has done us a won­der­ful ser­vice. As she explains to the read­ers, ​“The peo­ple in this book tell the sto­ry of what it means to be both a Jew and an Amer­i­can.” Her selec­tion of heroes spans time, age, and gen­der to pro­vide sto­ries of indi­vid­u­als who made a pos­i­tive con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can his­to­ry. From Haym Salomon at the birth of Amer­i­ca to Daniel Pearl whose life was recent­ly tak­en by ter­ror­ists, the book allows read­ers to tran­scend time and con­nect with peo­ple who made a dif­fer­ence. The book should accom­pa­ny every child’s Amer­i­can his­to­ry text to fill the miss­ing details of Jew­ish involve­ment. The cre­ative design and, in par­tic­u­lar, the strik­ing and col­or­ful illus­tra­tions by Eliz­a­beth Rosen make this book espe­cial­ly attrac­tive. Each of her dis­tinc­tive por­traits varies in media to match the indi­vid­ual she is por­tray­ing. The results are visu­al­ly strik­ing. A use­ful glos­sary, time­line and sug­gest­ed read­ing list are pro­vid­ed. Ages 9 – 12.