The book came about partly because my son was getting bar mitzvahed, the Jewish coming-of-age ritual that takes place at age thirteen.
Ka Ferekgong wa 1968, ngwana wame wa mosimane, Gideon, o ne a keteka bar-mitzvah ya gagwe, moletlo wa baJuta fa mosimane a bona dingwaga dile some le boraro mme a letlellwa go nna monna.