The Book of Trees (Review)

Title: The Book of Trees Author: Leanne Lieberman Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 256 Genre: Fiction, Contemporary/Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Source: Review copy through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program From the cover: When Mia, a Jewish teenager from Toronto, goes to Jerusalem to spend the summer studying at a yeshiva, or seminary, she expects to connect [...]

Palestine (Review)

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Almost Dead (Review)

Title: Almost Dead Author: Assaf Gavron Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 336 Genre: Fiction Source: Review copy from HarperCollins The main character of Almost Dead is an Israeli man named Eitan Croc Einoch, generally referred to simply as “Croc”. He works for a company in Tel Aviv that shaves seconds off of customer service calls, largely [...]

The Shepherd’s Granddaughter (Review)

Title: The Shepherd’s Granddaughter Author: Anne Laurel Carter Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 224 Genre: Fiction, Young Adult Source: Bought from Chapters.ca You know how sometimes people intend one thing to happen, and end up causing the entire opposite effect? Jewish advocacy groups tried to ban this book a few months ago from Toronto District School [...]

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