Levine Querido

A middle school for Orthodox Jewish girls provides the backdrop for The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman. Twelve-year-old Shaindy tangles with popular girls while participating in a twisted scheme of pranks. Set during the Jewish high holidays, the Bais Yaakov girls learn life lessons about resentment, repentance, and forgiveness.

Sydney-based Jaclyn Moriarty’s best-selling novels have been named Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Books and Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Oscar from Elsewhere is the fourth book set in Moriarty’s Kingdoms and Empires universe.