![]() I ached for Evan as he fought to reconcile the part of himself that just wanted to fit in with the part of himself that wanted to man up and do what is right, and I wanted to hug him when it was all over.Īlthough the book obviously has a focus on a Jewish theme, I truly believe that people of all faiths will love it as I did. ![]() Being Jewish, his struggle to settle into in this new life happens to coincide with his preparations for his upcoming bar mitzvah (which, for those who don’t know, is a Jewish ceremony celebrating “becoming a man”, to put it simply). The book is about Evan, tween-ish boy whose Mom moves him out of Manhattan and into a small town in Indiana mere months before his thirteenth birthday. I read it in one evening after work, and when I got to the end, I literally bawled out of pride and love for the main character. Thirteen is the last from this month’s stack of YA books I got from Harper Collins, and I have to say I loved it. ![]() Of the three (albeit very different) books I've most recently read, Thirteen is, hands down, my favorite. ![]()
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