Confessions of a Closet Catholic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780142405970)

Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award!

An "eleven-going-on-twelve-year-old Jewish girl" searches for her identity in what Publisher's Weekly called a "reassuring debut novel about finding one's personal peace-and-comfort zone."

Justine Silver's best friend, Mary Catherine McAllister, has given up chocolate for Lent, but Justine doesn't think God wants her to make that kind of sacrifice. So she's decided to give up being Jewish instead. Eleven-year-old Justine pours her heart out to her teddy bear, "Father Ted," in a homemade closet confessional. But when Justine's beloved Bubbe suffers a stroke, Justine worries that her religious exploration is responsible. Worse, she must suddenly contemplate life without Bubbe. Ultimately, it's Bubbe's quiet understanding of Justine's search for identity that helps Justine to find faith in the most important place of all-within herself.

Author: Sarah Darer Littman
ISBN-10: 0142405973
ISBN-13: 9780142405970
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2006
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.08w x 0.58d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 86349 / Confessions of a Closet Catholic


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/17/2006 pg. 160