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Available
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Publication
Puffin (2006), Paperback, 208 pages
Description
To be more like her best friend, eleven-year-old Justine decides to give up Judaism to become Catholic, but after her beloved, religious grandmother dies, she realizes that she needs to seek her own way of being Jewish.
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Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 2006)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2007)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2006)
Language
Lexile
870L
User reviews
LibraryThing member STBA
Justine Silver struggles to balance her family’s expectations that she should be Jewish “but not too Jewish.”
Frustrated, she follows a Catholic friend’s example by giving up Judaism for Lent, and thus begins a search for
identity and belonging that will resonate with readers of all religions.
Frustrated, she follows a Catholic friend’s example by giving up Judaism for Lent, and thus begins a search for
identity and belonging that will resonate with readers of all religions.
LibraryThing member sonam_soni
I really liked this book's content. Justine is a Jewish girl with Catholic friends and Justine decides to give up being Jewish for Lent. She creates her own secret Catholic rituals in her closet and goes to church and confession. She's confused about what she wants, feeling torn between her Jewish
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heritage (her grandma is an Auschwitz survivor) and fitting in. Great middle school read. Show Less
LibraryThing member -Eva-
What starts as an interesting premise soon becomes a bit of an overly didactic mess. It's a series of teachings about a dying grandmother, Judaism, and why not to feed chocolate to a dog, and it does it in a voice which is sometimes probable and sometimes that of an adult trying (and failing) very
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hard to sound like an 11-year-old. Recommended for a very young reader, beacuse I think anyone more advanced will be annoyed at having lessons shoved at them. Show Less
LibraryThing member ShelbyStancil
Interesting take on a young girls road to religious self discovery. The pacing is good. It has a great message and the characters are very well developed and the tone while dealing with difficult issues, is light and friendly. A good book for anyone going through a religious questioning be it old
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or young. Show Less
LibraryThing member mirikayla
It was cheesy--really cheesy--but I really like the subject matter. I love the idea of a book for kids and young teens that addresses religion, especially questioning, wanting to learn more about other faiths, and differing from your family. I think it was handled really well.
ISBN
0142405973 / 9780142405970