num_pages: 218
description: The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship betrayal and hatred.Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play studies to avoid and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron arent happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once but thats not Hoodies problem. That is until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-OLearywho happens to be the daughter of the headstrong mayor trying to keep Hoodies community out of the town. And things only get more complicated when Tregaron is struck by a series of antisemitic crimes that quickly escalate to deadly violence. As his community turns on him for siding with the enemy Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love and the only world hes ever known. Isaac Blum delivers a wry witty debut novel about a deeply important and timely subject in a story of hatred and betrayaland the friendships we find in the most unexpected places.
language: English
title: The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
publisher: Philomel Books