The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

<b>LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD!<br>A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD WINNER!<br><br><i>The Chosen</i> meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship betrayal and hatred.</b><br><br>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&#146;t happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once but that&#146;s not Hoodie&#146;s problem.<br><br>That is until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O&#146;Leary&#151;who happens to be the daughter of the obstinate mayor trying to keep Hoodie&#146;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.<br><br>As his community turns on him for siding with the enemy Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love and the only world he&#146;s ever known.<br><br>Isaac Blum delivers a wry witty debut novel about a deeply important and timely subject in a story of hatred and betrayal&#151;and the friendships we find in the most unexpected places.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen</i>:</b><br><br>&#147;A&#160;deeply authentic story about the terror and glory of encountering the outside world without sacrificing who you are&#151;and who you want to be. It&#146;s touching tragic and as Jewish as your Bubbe&#146;s cholent.&#148; <b>&#150;Gavriel Savit <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Anna and the Swallow Man</i></b><br><br>&#147;Blum gives the common but often-dismissed spiritual journey of many teens the respect it deserves in this witty profound look at cross-cultural friendship courageous honesty and how a willingness to truly see and love our neighbors can change an entire community.&#148; <b>&#150;Vesper Stamper National Book Award-nominated author of <i>What the Night Sings</i></b><br><br>&#147;A refreshingly human look at the day-to-day nuances of Orthodox Judaism and the terror of modern antisemitism. I laughed I gasped I craved kosher Starburst. Two thumbs up from this nice Jewish girl!&#148; <b>&#150;Tyler Feder Sydney Taylor Award-winning author of <i>Dancing at the Pity Party</i></b><br><br>&#147;Bold brave and brutally honest it holds a permanent piece of my heart.&#148; <b>&#150;Dahlia Adler author of <i>Cool for the Summer</i></b><br><br>Isaac Blum has the rare talent of telling searing visceral truths in a witty funny punchy way . . . <i>The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen</i> is a vital voice in Jewish YA canon. <b>&#150;Katherine Locke Sydney Taylor Honor author of <i>The Girl with the Red Balloon</i></b><br><b><i> </i></b>