The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe

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Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.

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An Orthodox Jewish girl who has few friends gets roped into playing pranks by her seemingly perfect classmate and finds out what lies behind her peer's perfect veneer. Wonderful in its subtlety, the tale recalls how cruel youngsters can be (adults too, for that matter) and how such things shape us.

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