A review by ailicoyote
The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah by Nora Raleigh Baskin

3.0

I have never read a book compared to "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" that wasn't an insult to Judy Blume. This book is about a jewish girl and that's where the similarity ends. "Truth" is a formulaic, predictable book that does have some thought-provoking faith-based ideas in it. However, it is too little and too generic to really be powerful. It has no cultural context to redeem it either. It is appropriate for the age group and may bring some good questions to the pre-teen mind: who you are and what do you believe in. Most likely it'll be a quick read that doesn't have any effect at all.