ISBN: 9780525555056
Editorial: Kokila
Autor: Hiranandani, Veera
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 384
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Product DescriptionNew historical fiction from a Newbery Honor–winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.Cover may vary.Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always--her own voice.ReviewA Sydney Taylor Award WinnerA Jane Addams Children's Book Award WinnerA Judy Lopez Memorial Award WinnerA National Jewish Book Award FinalistA Junior Library Guild SelectionA 2022 ALSC Notable Children’s BookAn Amazon Best Book of the MonthA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2021A New-York Historical Society's Children’s History Book Prize WinnerAn Amazon Best Children’s Book of 2021PRAISE FOR HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FORby Veera Hiranandani*"A splendid historical fiction tale of bravery and determination." —School Library Journal, starred review.*"A powerful blend of important themes and everyday triumphs and sorrows." —Kirkus, starred review."In this moving novel about a turbulent time, Ari and her family discover that what is most important is not what you think you want." —Booklist*"...explores the benefits and costs of assimilation and the complexity of being both white and a religious minority in America then—and now." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review."What’s most striking about the book is how kind it is. People learn, forgive, try to do better. In a knee-jerk time (ours), it’s powerful to witness Ari’s realization that people can grow and change." —New York Times Book Review by Marjorie Ingall“Gorgeously written and deeply moving, with a main character you can’t help but love, How to Find What You’re Not Looking For deals with the hardest act in one’s fight for justice—confronting the prejudice of those who are closest to us. Hiranandani is a master.” —Adam Gidwitz, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor’s TaleAbout the AuthorVeera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College's Writing Institute.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.How to Be the Lazy OneIt’s harder than you think.First, lie on your messy bed wearing your Wonder Woman pajamas that are too small because you’ve had them since you were nine. Then, watch your older sister, Leah, pin up her hair for dance class. She sits in her black leotard at the small white vanity, her back straight as a board, a magazine cutout of Paul Newman taped to the corner of her mirror. She uses at least fifteen bobby pins for her bun. Count in your head while she sticks the pins in.One, two, three. She’s rushing because she has to be on the #4 bus by 9:00 a.m. for pointe class at Madame Duchon’s Dance Academy. She dances there every day except Sunday. You’re not even sure how she spends so much time at dance and still does well in school.Leah seems to do well at everything.Not you. You’re the lazy one. You’re just trying to keep up, but along with all the other things Leah does, she helps you keep up.Four, five, six.Ma wishes Leah didn’t take dance on Saturdays because of Shabbos, but Leah says it makes no sense for her not to dance if Ma and Daddy work all day at Gertie’s, their bakery. Then Ma says Leah’s right and that maybe they should
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