Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman

Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman

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.

Littman, Sarah Darer: - Sarah Darer Littman is a critically acclaimed author of middle grade and young adult novels, including Backlash and Confessions of a Closet Catholic, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. When she's not writing novels, Sarah is an award-winning columnist for the online news site CTNewsJunkie.com, and teaches creative writing as an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Western Connecticut State University. Sarah lives in Connecticut. You can find her online at SarahDarerLittman.com and @SarahDarerLitt.

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ISBN 13	9780142405970
ISBN 10	0142405973
Title	Confessions of a Closet Catholic
Author	Sarah Darer Littman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2006-05-04
Number of pages	208
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