Book description
Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie Hill knows something is up when she
arrives home to find her father making a home-cooked dinner, instead
of his standard delivery pizza. But nothing prepares her for the
bombshell announcement: Mackenzie and her dad, alone since the death
of her mother a year ago, are moving to Jerusalem, where her father
has taken a position as a visiting professor at a university.
The adjustment from life in Canada to life in Israel is dramatic -
though it's eased somewhat when Mackenzie is befriended by an American
girl in her new school. The biggest shock of all comes when Mackenzie
faces the wrath of her new friends, new community, and even her own
father after she begins dating a Muslim boy.
The novel was a great read; I enjoyed learning a little more about
this region, people and culture through the book. It was an insightful
story.
Deborah Kerbel is the author of the teen novels
Mackenzie, Lost and Found and Girl on the Other Side,
which was nominated for the 2010 Canadian Library Association Young
Adult Book Award. She is also the co-author of the Quizmas series of
family Christmas trivia books. Born in London, England, Deborah now
lives and writes in Thornhill, Ontario.
