INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Baskin, Nora Raleigh

The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah

(3) 4-6 Seventh-grader Caroline noncommittally calls herself "half Jewish, half Christian." After her Jewish grandmother dies, Caroline wonders about her own heritage; she wears her nana's Star of David necklace and even considers becoming a bat mitzvah like her best friend. Caroline's struggle to reconcile religion and identity is treated gently and perceptively by Baskin and will resonate with similarly conflicted tweens.

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