LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD!
A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD WINNER!
The Chosen meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of
worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal, and hatred.
Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish
community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish
town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got
basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of
delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren't happy that
so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's
problem.
That is, until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O'Leary--who
happens to be the daughter of the obstinate mayor trying to keep
Hoodie's community out of the town. And things only get more complicated
when Tregaron is struck by a series of antisemitic crimes that quickly
escalate to deadly violence.
As his community turns on him for siding with the enemy, Hoodie finds
himself caught between his first love and the only world he's ever
known.
Isaac Blum delivers a wry, witty debut novel about a deeply important
and timely subject, in a story of hatred and betrayal--and the
friendships we find in the most unexpected places.
