Sami and the time of the troubles
(Book)

Ted Lewin (born May 6, 1935 in Buffalo, New York) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. In 1956, Lewin earned a BFA from Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, where he met his wife, Betsy Reilly. In order to finance his education at Pratt, Lewin took on a part-time career as a teenage professional wrestler alongside his brothers. His wrestling career lasted for 15 years, and it inspired him to record his experience by writing I Was a Teenaged Professional Wrestler. Lewin and his wife drew on their travels to exotic places such as the Amazon River, Botswana, Egypt, Lapland, the Sahara Desert, and India when collaborating on their many books. Lewin has illustrated over 100 books for children and young adults in the past 20 years. He and his wife reside in Brooklyn, New York.

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.