The Forbidden Book
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“Sophie Amoss narrates this story…Amoss masterfully handles the pronunciation of Yiddish and Hebrew words in this solid, well-paced performance.”
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Winner of the New England Book Award for Young Adult Literature
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Pick of the 2024's Best Books
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Illegal printing.
A genderqueer lesbian with a knife.
Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and ultimately, hope
On the night before her wedding, seventeen-year-old Sorel leaps from a window and runs away from her life. To keep from being discovered, she takes on the male identity of Isser Jacobs—but it soon becomes clear that there is a real Isser Jacobs, and people want him dead.
Her mistaken identity takes Sorel into the dark underworld of her small city in the Pale of Settlement, where smugglers, forgers, and wicked angels fight for control of the Jewish community. In order to make it out, Sorel must discover who Isser Jacobs really is—and who she wants to be.
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