Gravity

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Paperback
Publish Date: November 2008
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.1
EAN: 9781554690497

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Overview

Ellie Gold is an orthodox Jewish teenager living in Toronto in the late eighties.

Ellie has no doubts about her strict religious upbringing until she falls in love with another girl at her grandmother’s cottage. Aware that homosexuality clashes with Jewish observance, Ellie feels forced to either alter her sexuality or leave her community. Meanwhile, Ellie’s mother, Chana, becomes convinced she has a messianic role to play, and her sister, Neshama, chafes against the restrictions of her faith. Ellie is afraid there is no way to be both gay and Jewish, but her mother and sister offer alternative concepts of God that help Ellie find a place for herself as a queer Jew.

Details

Pages: 280
Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.54 x 0.65 in
Lexile Score: 680
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 8
ISBN: 1554690498

Awards

2009 Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable (Teen)