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131 pp.
| Simon |
March, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-3558-2$15.99
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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.