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Delacorte Press (2019), 384 pages
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Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumble.
Awards
National Jewish Book Award (Finalist — Young Adult Literature — 2019)
Azia Books Diversity Award (Listed)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2020)
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LibraryThing member lilibrarian
Nevaeh Levitz is mixed race. Her father is white and Jewish; her mother is African-American. White enough to pass, and attending a suburban private school, her background makes her stand out, but not too much. When her parents' marriage falls apart, and she goes to live with her mother's family in
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Harlem, she begins to discover that side of herself. Her father's family is determined that she learn their heritage as well. Although they were never religious, Nevaeh is about to have a bat mitzvah instead of a sweet sixteen. Show Less
LibraryThing member Slevyr26
Ugh, 2.5 but rounding up. I wanted so much to like this more than I did, especially because it’s semi-autobiographical, which makes it doubly hard to rate poorly. Neveah’s story was just too melodramatic and nutty for me as the story continued on. The drama just kept one-upping itself and
Also, there were just too many caricatures that felt to me like sitcom tropes. The bonkers rabbi, the gossip girl-esque high school bully and her ‘squad’, the homewrecking blonde idiot secretary who loves chakras and being evil. All tropey and done too many times to seem original and therefore made unenjoyable to read.
Ugh. I’m having the weirdest in and out reading slump in quarantine. So inconsistent.
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piling one whacky scenario on top of the other. Hard to keep up with it all and equally hard to suspend disbelief.Also, there were just too many caricatures that felt to me like sitcom tropes. The bonkers rabbi, the gossip girl-esque high school bully and her ‘squad’, the homewrecking blonde idiot secretary who loves chakras and being evil. All tropey and done too many times to seem original and therefore made unenjoyable to read.
Ugh. I’m having the weirdest in and out reading slump in quarantine. So inconsistent.
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ISBN
0525578234 / 9780525578239