Monroe Free Library

A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.

"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 aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's problem. That is, until he meets...

The closed, secret world of matchmaking in contemporary Israel provides the titillating pivot for a story of uncommon proportions. In Ruchama King's skillful hands, Seven Blessings maps out the complicated lives of five expatriate women and men whose search for a soul mate, in many ways, mirrors their search for God. At the center of this fascinating novel is Beth, who at age thirty-nine longs to be married but despairs she ever will be. When she...

"The exciting story that began with Deception comes to its electrifying conclusion! On the day of his vort, attorney Ari Lander comes home to find his only daughter missing. To his horror, she has gone away with the mother who abandoned her family, and her Jewish faith, seven years earlier. He also learns that his longtime client, Paul Scottolini, has been found poisoned in his bed--and the family wants Ari to be involved in tracking down the murderer....

In the first of two stories, PJ and his father are put in charge of his yeshivah's annual melaveh malkah event, and in the second, PJ goes to his grandfather's surprise birthday party where the only real surprise is that each child receives $600.