The Jake Show

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Joshua S. Levys hilarious and charming middle grade novel follows a Jewish seventh-grade boy caught between the worlds of his divorced parentswith an orthodox mother and secular father, Jake must concoct a web of lies to go to a summer camp with his friends.

For TV-obsessed Jake Lightman, his parents divorce is like his favorite show getting canceled: the worst. Now torn between two very different homes, he must navigate a constant tug-of-war. His strictly Orthodox Jewish mother wants him to play the role of Yaakov, a Torah-loving kid whoneverwatches TV. His secular father wants Jacob to focus on science and math, and leave all that Jewish stuff behind. Depending on where Jake is on any given day, he changes his clothes, changes his language, changes himself.

On Jakes first day at a new school, Caleb and Tehilla barrel into his life. Suddenly he has two friends who seem to like therealJake. And when they invite him to Camp Gershoni for the summer, Jake knows he has to goeven if his parents wont let him.

With help from Caleb and Tehilla, Jake concocts a web of lies to get to camp. But Jake struggles to keep up the ruseandbe a good friend at the same time. As the cost of lying grows, Jake must decide whats truly important or risk losing the people he cares about the most.