I'm a native New Yorker, from Riverdale in the Bronx, a freelance journalist and first-time novelist.
Check out my debut young adult novel, GOY CRAZY,
released in fall 2006 from Hyperion.
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A New York Public Library 2007 "Books for the Teen Age" selection.
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A HILARIOUS NOVEL ABOUT FALLING FOR THE WRONG GOY
Rachel Lowenstein can't help it. She's got a massive crush on a goy: Luke Christiansen, who's the gorgeous star of the basketball team at St. Joseph's Prep. She just knows her parents would never approve...Should she follow her heart and turn her back on her faith? Or should she heed her family's advice and try to find a nice Jewish boy?
REVIEWS
"GOY CRAZY is fabulous -- a giddy, juicy read!"
--Lauren Myracle, author of TTYL and TTFN.
"(The) narrative is droll and sharp with scenes that are comical, troubling and poignantly sincere. Well-written
chick-lit with a Jewish slant." -- Kirkus Reviews.
"Schorr’s debut novel successfully combines Jewish values with snappy narration. Peer pressures are realistically portrayed as Rachel navigates the politics of popularity. Her fresh and witty voice is injected with such humor that readers will be drawn into the tale and will agonize along with her." -- School Library Journal
"Dialogue is wry and funny, and Rachel, smart and sensitive, is at that familiar place where the opinions of peers, especially boys, are tough to ignore. Even readers who aren’t Jewish will recognize Rachel’s struggle to find the right path––and the right boy––for herself." Booklist.
Check out the review in the Dallas Morning News: (which also ran in papers in Detroit, Missouri, & Indiana)
Dallas Morning News
Check out the Q&A the Atlanta Journal-Constition ran with me on Sunday:
Atlanta paper
