Review: A realistic and thought-provoking book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2013
Next Year in Israel is a book that anybody who has dealt with bullying or harassment should read. After Rebecca survives a suicide attempt her parents finally take her seriously about the bullying that she's had to endure for years. Her grandmother sends her a brochure for a study abroad trip to Israel and Rebecca doesn't hesitate to enroll. Rebecca uses this semester abroad to reinvent herself. The author writes the way a teenager thinks and it's exciting to see Rebecca push herself to become the woman she wants to be. Readers will want to be sure to read the short story This Year at Home, which takes place a few weeks after Rebecca returns to the United States and has to confront her bullies as a changed person.