Book request: I read this book in about 1995. I think it was hardcover. The main story was that a high school-age not-very-religious Jewish girl becomes more religious under the influence of her Orthodox friend/neighbor(?). She might've stayed at the friend's home when her parents were out of town. There was one scene where she was eating a meat dinner with them, and requested milk to drink, which wasn't kosher, and she was embarrassed. This book was also the first time I ever heard of a dish called cholent. At one point, the main character and her friend go to a Shabbaton? and sneak peeks at the cutest boy. The main character's mother might have been a fiction writer? and she gets angry because the daughter is becoming more religious. She said something like, "My daughter left me for God."

Matching book description: Ages 8 and up.Fourteen-year-old Heather Hopkowitz can’t imagine life without bacon, cheeseburgers, or bowling on Friday nights. But she gives them all up when she spends an entire month as the guest of an Orthodox Jewish family while her parents are away on vacation. As Heather begins to appreciate the traditional rituals, she considers becoming observant. What will her fr Ages 8 and up.Fourteen-year-old Heather Hopkowitz can’t imagine life without bacon, cheeseburgers, or bowling on Friday nights. But she gives them all up when she spends an entire month as the guest of an Orthodox Jewish family while her parents are away on vacation. As Heather begins to appreciate the traditional rituals, she considers becoming observant. What will her friends think? What will her parents think? ...more