Soumchi

A young boy coming of age in British-occupied Jerusalem trades away one possession after another, only to find something much more wonderful – his first love

When Soumchi, an eleven-year-old boy growing up just after World War II, receives a bicycle as a gift from his Uncle Zemach, he is overjoyed – even if it is a girl''s bicycle.

Ignoring the taunts of other boys in his neighbourhood, he dreams ...