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The two wrong halves of Ruby Taylor / Amanda Panitch.

Panitch, Amanda, (author.).

Summary:

Of her two granddaughters, Grandma Yvette clearly prefers Ruby Taylor's perfect -- and perfectly Jewish -- cousin, Sarah. They do everything together, including baking cookies and having secret sleepovers 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's mother, Ruby's mother isn't Jewish. So 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 being somewhat pleased. Then Sarah suddenly takes things too far, and Ruby is convinced her cousin 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? -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250245137
  • ISBN: 1250245133
  • Physical Description: 314 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
720L Lexile
Awards Note:
Mark Twain Readers Award nominee, 2024-2025
Subject: Cousins > Juvenile fiction.
Acting out (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > Juvenile fiction.
Jewish mythology > Juvenile fiction.
Dybbuk > Juvenile fiction.
Basements > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Paranormal fiction.

Available copies

  • 57 of 65 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Poplar Bluff Municipal Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Poplar Bluff - Main Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 65 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Poplar Bluff - Main Library UP PANITCH (Text) 38420101775746 UPPER ELEMENTARY FICTION Available -

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