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The Judgment Of Yoyo Gold

ISBN-10: 0593525868
ISBN-13: 9780593525869
Author: Blum, Isaac
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: October 2025

Copyright: 2024

Page Count: 304

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL750L

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Religion & Faith *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary *

Description
A smart and powerful story set in the Orthodox Jewish community about what it means to fit in, break out, and find your own way, by the award-winning author of The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen . This book is Gossip Girl + My Name Is Asher Lev + I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Yoyo Gold has always played the role of the perfect Jewish daughter. She keeps kosher, looks after her siblings, and volunteers at the local food bank. She respects the decisions of her rabbi father and encourages her friends to observe the rules of their Orthodox faith. But when she sees her best friend cast out of the community over a seemingly innocent transgression, Yoyo's eyes are opened to the truth of her neighbors' hypocrisies for the first time. And what she sees leaves her shocked and unmoored. As Yoyo's frustration builds, so does the pressure to speak out, even if she can only do so anonymously on TikTok, an app that's always been forbidden to her. But when one of her videos goes viral--and her decisions wind up impacting not only her o