For this middle school book club we will be reading three books culminating with a special Zoom on Monday, June 18th with the authors of these books. This is your chance to read a book and learn about what inspired the author and how they write!

The three books are The Heartbreak Bakery (April), The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen (May), and Ghost Roast (June).

If you have already read the books and want to join in for any of the book discussions or the Zoom, sign up for the programs individually. Though this is geared to middle school students, we welcome any high school students who want to participate.

SUMMARY:
Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren’t happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that’s not Hoodie’s problem.

That is, until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O’Leary—who happens to be the daughter of the headstrong mayor trying to keep Hoodie’s community out of the town. And things only get more complicated when Tregaron is struck by a series of antisemitic crimes that quickly escalate to deadly violence.

As his community turns on him for siding with the enemy, Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love and the only world he’s ever known.

Isaac Blum delivers a wry, witty debut novel about a deeply important and timely subject, in a story of hatred and betrayal—and the friendships we find in the most unexpected places.

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