In the wake of the disaster and the chaos that ensues, Zara is forced to call upon skills she thought she’d never use again-and her best bet to survive is to go back to the home she left behind. Until a malware attack on the United States electrical grids cuts off the entire country’s power. When seventeen-year-old Zara escaped her father’s backwoods survivalist compound five years ago, she traded crossbows and skinning hides for electricity and video games…and tried to forget the tragedy that drove her away. 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 McAnulty, and Greg Howard.Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across the country to the safety of her estranged father’s survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in chaos. 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?Īmanda Panitch writes with a humorous, irresistible, and authentic voice. that Ruby may or may not have accidentally released from Grandma Yvette's basement. Then Sarah suddenly takes things too far, and Ruby is convinced Sarah is possessed by a dybbuk, an evil spirit. The Jewish religion is matrilineal, which means it's passed down from mother to child, and unlike Sarah, Ruby’s mother isn’t Jewish.īut 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. Twelve-year-old Ruby suspects Grandma Yvette doesn't think she's Jewish enough.
They do everything together, including bake cookies and have secret sleep overs that Ruby isn't invited to.
Of her two granddaughters, Grandma Yvette clearly prefers Ruby Taylor's perfect-and perfectly Jewish-cousin, Sarah. 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.
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