Download or read book Ike and Mama and the Seven Surprises written by Carol Snyder and published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ike is very skeptical when his mother promises that he will have seven surprises in the month before his Bar Mitzvah, especially, with his father still hospitalized with tuberculosis and a newly-arrived, jobless cousin living in their small apartment.