"Whiz Kid-A Novel", a Deeply American and Jewish Story: Presentation and book signing with author Joel Burcat, interviewed by Harvey Freedenberg

Get Your Copy of Whiz Kid at a Special Price!

Copies of Whiz Kid are now available at the KI office. Pick yours up before the program and enjoy a special discounted price of $20 (regularly $24.95 on Amazon or at bookstores).

Here’s what the critics are saying:

Jim Cox, Midwest Book Review

"Original, exceptional, deftly crafted, compelling, raised to an impressive level of literally excellence and an inherently fascinating read from cover to cover, "Whiz Kid" by co-authors Joel and David Burcat is a truly memorable coming-of-age novel centered on the conflict of family expectations and personal aspirations, the security of guaranteed future and the uncertainty of attempting to realize a driving personal ambition."

Howard Langer, winner of the 2025 National Jewish Book Award (Book Clubs)

"Whiz Kid is a heartfelt historical novel about identity and ambition that recreates in vivid detail post-war Philadelphia, particularly post-war Jewish Philadelphia and Camden. In this remarkable homage to his father Joel Burcat has fashioned a beautiful setting into which he has set the sparkling gem, the manuscript of a novel that his father had left him. The prose of David S. Burcat whose manuscript is quoted thorughout the novel as the work of its protagonist, Ben Green, truly shines. The book leaves one regretting that Burcat pére was unable to pursue his true passion, but grateful for this loving, beautiful work by his son."