My Basmati Bat Mitzvah
Author(s): Paula Freedman
Perfect for the tween audience who loved My Summer in Pink & Green, this delightful debut novel is the humorous story of Tara Feinstein, a twelve-year-old New Yorker with a Jewish father and an Indian mother. During the fall leading up to her Bat Mitzvah, Tara has a lot more than her Torah portion on her mind. Between study sessions with the rabbi, Tara deals with jealous best friends, Robotics club, a ruined heirloom sari, dress fittings, a shoplifting incident and the various expectations of both sides of her family. Amidst all this drama, Tara questions what it means to have a Bat Mitzvah and deals with her own doubts about her faith. With the cross-cultural charm of Bend It Like Beckham, this is a classic coming-of-age story and young romance with universal appeal.
Product Information
Paula J. Freedman has spent most of her career in digital media, producing multimedia websites for advertising agency clients, publishers, and television networks. She has a Master of Science degree in Publishing from Pace University, New York, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She was at Scholastic.com for nine years before she took off to write and now works part-time in A&E Television Network's digital media group to support her writing habit. She lives with a husband and two parrots in New York City. This is her first novel.
General Fields
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- : ABRAMS
- : Amulet Books
- : 0.408
- : 01 August 2013
- : 210mm X 140mm
- : United States
- : 01 October 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : Hardback
- : Paula Freedman