  | Finn and Ezra's bar mitzvah time loop Author: Levy, Joshua | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
Finn and Ezra's bar mitzvah weekend takes on a Groundhog Day twist in this hilarious and magical middle grade novel. Finn and Ezra don't have a lot in common except, of course, that they're trapped in a bar mitzvah time loop, reliving their celebrations in the same New Jersey hotel over and over and over again. They just want to get past it, just want to grow up. And now they're both stuck. Friday. Saturday. Sunday. No way out. Will teaming up help them break the cycle?
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.20 Points: 6.0 Quiz: 553445 |
Reviews:
Booklist (04/15/24)
The Hornbook (00/07/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/15/2024 Taking the Groundhog Day premise for a wild ride, Levy strands two 13-year-olds in a weekend-long time loop as they struggle to figure out what’s happening and to find a way out. The two meet at a New Jersey hotel, where their families have gathered in different ballrooms for a ceremony; Finn, a gifted only child, regards Ezra’s boisterous and strongly Jewish Orthodox clan with envy, whereas Ezra, a quiet and underachieving middle child, feels the same way about all the attention Finn receives. In the end, there's more than enough love in both families to go around, and it’s the two candidates’ personal characters, more than all the frustratingly fruitless and often hilarious escape schemes, that provide the keys to breaking out. In the meantime, the author inserts clues to what’s actually going on so artfully that even alert readers are going to have aha moments. The tale is embedded within such a rich matrix of Jewish customs that the story is likely to have an informational aspect for audiences of any belief or culture. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
