Binding: Hardcover
Description: Funny and poignant Amanda Panitch's new middle - grade novel The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor is an exploration of mixed families identity hundred - year - old curses and the terrifying challenge of standing up for yourself against your loved ones. Of her two granddaughters Grandma Yvette clearly prefers Ruby Taylor's perfect and perfectly Jewish cousin Sarah. They do everything together including bake cookies and have secret sleep overs that Ruby isn't invited to. Twelve - year - old Ruby suspects Grandma Yvette doesn't think she's Jewish enough. The Jewish religion is matrilineal which means it's passed down from mother to child and unlike Sarah Ruby's mother isn t Jewish. But when Sarah starts acting out - - trading in her skirts and cardigans for ripped jeans and stained t - shirts getting in trouble at school - - Ruby can t help but be somewhat pleased. Then Sarah suddenly takes things too far and Ruby is convinced Sarah is possessed by a dybbuk an evil spirit that Ruby may or may not have accidentally released from Grandma Yvette's basement. Ruby is determined to save her cousin but a dybbuk can only be expelled by a "pious Jew." If Ruby isn't Jewish enough for her own grandmother how can she possibly be Jewish enough to fight a dybbuk? Amanda Panitch writes with a humorous irresistible and authentic voice. This character - driven story with a magic twist about speaking up and finding your place in the world is for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly Stacey Mc Anulty and Greg Howard.
Title: The Two Wrong Halves Of Ruby Taylor
Author(s): Panitch Amanda
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Barcode: 9781250245137
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/9/2022
Category: Children’S & Teenage Fiction & True Stories