By Simone Elkeles
ISBN-10: 0738709611
ISBN-13: 9780738709611
YALSA 2007 youngsters’ most sensible Ten "A breezy read." —Bulletin of the heart for kid's Books “Fresh, enjoyable and exceptional! assured to not destroy your summer season vacation!” —Mari Mancusi, writer of Boys that chunk how one can wreck a summer season holiday Moshav? What’s a moshav? Is it “shopping mall” in Hebrew? I suggest, from what Jessica used to be telling me, Israeli shops have the most recent models from Europe. That black gown Jessica has is actually striking. i do know I’d be promoting out if i am going to a mall with Ron (my organic father), yet I hold considering the entire nice stuff i'll carry again home. regrettably for 16-year-old Amy Nelson, “moshav” isn't Hebrew for “shopping mall.” now not even shut. imagine goats, now not Gucci. Going to Israel together with her estranged Israeli father is the very last thing Amy desires to do that summer time. She’s obtained a major grudge opposed to her dad for exhibiting up so infrequently in her lifestyles. Now he’s dragging her to a warfare area to fulfill a relatives she’s by no means identified, the place she’ll most likely be drafted into the military. no less than, she’ll be caught in a home with out AC and just one toilet for seven humans all summer—no ally, no boyfriend, no buying, no mobile phone… see you later pride—hello Israel.
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Supportive, understanding Jessica. " a cheery voice answers on the other end of the line. Gotta love caller ID. "My parents decided to ruin my life," I tell her. "What do you mean 'parents'? " "Oh, yeah, he called. And somehow he convinced my mom to cancel my summer plans so he could take me to Israel. " "Um, you don't really want to hear my opinion, Amy. " My eyebrows furrow as I slowly realize Jessica, my very dearest friend in the world, isn't going to back me up one hundred and ten percent.
He doesn't even like me. Mom probably wanted me out of the house so she could have privacy with her latest guy. Her current boyfriend, Marc with a 'c', thinks he's the one. As if. Doesn't he realize once Mom meets someone bigger or better he's out of the picture? "I'm going to the bathroom," I say to Ron. I really don't have to go, but I take my purse and walk down the hallway. When I get out of Ron's line of vision, I take out my trusty cell phone and keep walking. " I'm definitely feeling an emergency coming on.
I have enough trouble following my mom's rules, let alone six hundred of God's. It takes me a minute to realize his eyes are closed and he's praying. But he's not praying in his seat, he's praying right over mine. He's bobbing up and down, his eyes are shut, and his face is in total concentration. In fact, as my eyes focus in the dark, I realize all of the Hasidic Jews have congregated at the back of the plane to pray. But it doesn't sound like prayers at all, more like some chant mixed with mumbling.
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