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Wiseman, Eva

The World Outside

232 pp. | Tundra | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88776-981-8 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-88776-982-5
(4) YA Hasidic teen Chanie is torn between following the expected path (seminary, marriage) and pursuing her dream of becoming a singer. The book is set in Crown Heights in 1991, and the shadow of the race riot looms over the story, even as Chanie (secretly) befriends an African American girl and starts seeing a non-Hasidic boy. The story's a bit overstuffed but engaging nonetheless.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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