Gravity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781554690497)

Ellie Gold is an orthodox Jewish teenager living in Toronto in the late eighties.

Ellie has no doubts about her strict religious upbringing until she falls in love with another girl at her grandmother's cottage. Aware that homosexuality clashes with Jewish observance, Ellie feels forced to either alter her sexuality or leave her community. Meanwhile, Ellie's mother, Chana, becomes convinced she has a messianic role to play, and her sister, Neshama, chafes against the restrictions of her faith. Ellie is afraid there is no way to be both gay and Jewish, but her mother and sister offer alternative concepts of God that help Ellie find a place for herself as a queer Jew.

Author: Leanne Lieberman
ISBN-10: 1554690498
ISBN-13: 9781554690497
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.54w x 0.65d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 128173 / Gravity

Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2008 pg. 1009
Booklist 10/01/2008 pg. 49
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2008 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2008
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 138
Lambda Book Report 04/01/2008 pg. 35