Parachuting
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Leora Freedman
Publisher: Sumach Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781894549868
Subjects: Teenage girls; Fiction; Gender identity; Suicidal behavior; Adolescentes; Romans, nouvelles; Identité sexuelle; Comportement suicidaire
Description: It's 1973 in the sleepy Connecticut suburbs, and sixteen-year-old Zoe Diamond has way more than sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll on her mind. Her best friend Naomi has threatened to commit suicide, and while Zoe wants to help her, she also wouldn't mind a conversation-starter with their young Hebrew schoolteacher Rivka Lev, for whom she's developing confusing and intense feelings. Rivka is like no one she's ever met: maddening, inspiring, and most of all, she challenges Zoe to make worthwhile choices in a world she doesn't totally understand. As fears for Naomi come to a head, Zoe finds herself increasingly confronted by big questions and realizes that coming close to the edge is easier than she used to believe.
Notes: Reading Counts! 5.2.

Reading Counts RC 9-12 5.2 21.0 54275.