Launch | The Jake Show by Joshua S. Levy

Have a Laugh With This Side-Splitting Title! 

Books of Wonder is so excited to host the launch of The Jake Show, the hilarious and charming middle grade novel from JOSHUA S. LEVY about a Jewish seventh-grade boy caught between the worlds of his divorced parents — and how he must concoct a web of lies to go to a summer camp with his friends! Joshua will be in conversation with RAJANI LaROCCA, author of Much Ado About Baseball. 

About The Jake Show: 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 who never watches 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 Jake’s first day at a new school, Caleb and Tehilla barrel into his life. Suddenly he has two friends who seem to like the real Jake. And when they invite him to Camp Gershoni for the summer, Jake knows he has to go—even if his parents won’t 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 ruse and be a good friend at the same time. As the cost of lying grows, Jake must decide what’s truly important or risk losing the people he cares about the most.

*One book may be brought from home to be signed for every book purchased at the event.

Wednesday, May 24th at 6PM EST at Our 17th St Store! 

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