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The forbidden book / Sacha Lamb.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PS3612.A54624 F67 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lamb, Sacha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mistaken identity--Fiction.
- Mistaken identity.
- Sexual minorities--Fiction.
- Sexual minorities.
- Dybbuk--Fiction.
- Dybbuk.
- Jewish mythology--Fiction.
- Jewish mythology.
- Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Murder--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Censorship--Fiction.
- Censorship.
- Russia--Fiction.
- Russia.
- Genderqueer people.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Queer fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- LGBTQ+ fiction
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montclair [N.J.] : Levine Querido, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Possession, missing persons, and a deeply forbidden book. On the night before her wedding, seventeen-year-old Sorel leaps from a window and runs away from her life, grabbing men's clothes and a sharp knife. To keep from being found, she takes on the identity of Isser Jacobs -- but soon it becomes clear that the real Isser Jacobs is a lawbreaker, a revolutionary, and powerful people want him dead. Sorel is drawn into the dark underworld of her small city, 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. A pulse pounding mystery, and a riveting story of self-reinvention, Sacha Lamb's highly anticipated second novel is a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and ultimately, hope."--Book jacket.
- "Dybbuks. Illegal printing. A genderqueer lesbian with a knife. Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, Sydney Taylor and Stonewall award-winning Sacha Lamb's sophomore novel is a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and ultimately, hope. On the night before her wedding, 17-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"--Amazon.ca.
- Notes:
- "This is an Arthur A. Levine book"--Title page verso.
- Sydney Taylor Book Award silver medalist, 2025
- ISBN:
- 9781646144563
- 1646144562
- OCLC:
- 1458317085
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