{"product_id":"the-way-to-becoming-yaelle-the-novel-of-a-young-girls-journey-to-be-somebody-in-a-world-where-shes-nobody-paperback","title":"The Way to Becoming Yaelle: (the novel of a young girl's journey to be somebody in a world where she's nobody) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDassie Dahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing a thoughtful misfit is never easy....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's only in seventh grade, but Jan Miller already knows that the world is a pretty tough place for a thoughtful misfit.\u003cbr\u003eAt school, the kids either bully her or ignore her - until Anna the odd new girl shows up and turns things upside-down. \u003cbr\u003eBut home isn't much better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJan and her popular younger brother Brian just can't see eye to eye, with Brian often pretending he doesn't even know her. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd their father is always backing out of his scheduled weekends with them in favor of Athena, his wacky girlfriend. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThen Jan starts feeling like she's getting in the way of her beautiful mother's search for a new husband.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd to top it all off, Jan's nearly forgotten Jewish identity suddenly starts popping up everywhere. The problem is that everyone, even those who don't like Jews much, seem to know all about Judaism.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept Jan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, Jan discovers that she shares a secret Hebrew name with a Biblical heroine Jan has never heard of: Yaelle.\u003cbr\u003eDetermined to give Jan more stability and better Jewish self-esteem, Jan's mother makes her spend the summer with her mother's old college roommate Tova Rose, who is now the mother of a large Hassidic family in a picturesque ancient city in northern Israel. There, Jan befriends an artistic and passionate Hassidic girl who initiates Jan into the realities of Hassidic life. \u003cbr\u003eYet just when Jan starts to realize how to become what she has always yearned to be, brutal terrorists seize a much-loved teenage Jewish soldier, thrusting Jan back even further from where she started.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan Jan find the courage and the answers she needs to truly become Yaelle?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Note: This book can make a great Bat Mitzvah present )\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47492259119282,"sku":"9781512193312","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c38a8cec96244198bcc5f47fefd42824.webp?v=1779400373","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-way-to-becoming-yaelle-the-novel-of-a-young-girls-journey-to-be-somebody-in-a-world-where-shes-nobody-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}