'The story may be set in the past, but it couldnhsquo;t be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out... and that to find out who you really are, you have to first figure out what you squo;re not.' edash;Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things
After her fatherysquo;s death, Ruth Robb and her family transplant themselves in the summer of 1958 from New York City to Atlanta bdash; the land of debutantes, sweet tea, and the Ku Klux Klan. In her new hometown, Ruth quickly figures out she can be Jewish or she can be popular, but she canhsquo;t be both. Eager to fit in with the blond girls in the 'pastel posse,' Ruth decides to hide her religion. Before she knows it, she is falling for the handsome and charming Davis and sipping Cokes with him and his friends at the all-white, all-Christian Club.
Does it matter that Ruthisquo;s mother makes her attend services at the local synagogue every week? Not as long as nobody outside her family knows the truth. At temple Ruth meets Max, who is serious and intense about the fight for social justice, and now she is caught between two worlds, two religions, and two boys. But when a violent hate crime brings the different parts of Ruthgsquo;s life into sharp conflict, she will have to choose between all shessquo;s come to love about her new life and standing up for what she believes.
