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In the Neighborhood of True
Written by Susan Kaplan Carlton
Narrated by Rachel Botchan
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out. "The story may be set in the past, but it couldn't be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out . . . and that to find out who you really are, you have to first figure out what you're not." -Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things After her father's death, Ruth Robb and her family transplant themselves in the summer of 1958 from New York City to Atlanta-the land of debutantes, sweet tea, and the Ku Klux Klan. In her new hometown, Ruth quickly figures out she can be Jewish or she can be popular, but she can't be both. Eager to fit in with the blond girls in the "pastel posse," Ruth decides to hide her religion. Before she knows it, she is falling for the handsome and charming Davis and sipping Cokes with him and his friends at the all-white, all-Christian Club. Does it matter that Ruth's mother makes her attend services at the local synagogue every week? Not as long as nobody outside her family knows the truth. At temple Ruth meets Max, who is serious and intense about the fight for social justice, and now she is caught between two worlds, two religions, and two boys. But when a violent hate crime brings the different parts of Ruth's life into sharp conflict, she will have to choose between all she's come to love about her new life and standing up for what she believes.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Based loosely on the 1958 bombing of Atlanta’s oldest synagogue, In the Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton tells a historical tale that resonates today. Ruth Robb, her mother, and younger sister have moved from New York City to her grandparents' house in Atlanta after the death of her father. Ruth finds herself plunged in the tony whirlwind of private school, etiquette lessons, pre-debutante balls and she loves it--but Ruth has a secret that could make her lose all of it. In the Neighborhood of True explores a lot of contemporary issues--race, class, domestic terrorism--wrapped in a historical package with the universal themes of grief, love, and family. Carlton has done a great job with this book and I highly recommend it to any contemporary YA reader even though it is not a typical contemporary novel.