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

5.0

This wonderful book begins with a quote, in Yiddish: "If I try to be like him, who will be like me?" How do we know who we are? Our family is not Jewish, but I think that many tweens and teens (and adults!) struggle with their religious and cultural identity: What do I really believe? What will people think of me? Why is my family the way it is? Family history shapes so much of who we are and who we will be, often without our knowing it. As Caroline remembers her grandmother, and learns more about her family's history, she get a clearer picture of who SHE is, and might become. Touching, funny, sad and terrific, with a wonderful sense of the importance of being yourself, no matter what religion you might follow.