LONGLISTEDFORTHENATIONALBOOKAWARD!AWILLIAMC.MORRISAWARDWINNER!TheChosenmeetsAdamSilverainthisirreverentandtimelystoryofworldscollidinginfriendship,betrayal,andthehatredthatdividesus.HoodieRosen’slifeisn’tthatbad.Sure,hisentireOrthodoxJewishcommunityhasjustpickedupandmovedtothequiet,mostlynon-JewishtownofTregaron,butHoodie’sworldhasn’tchangedthatmuch.He’sgotbasketballtoplay,studiestoavoid,andasupermarketfullofdeliciouskoshersnackstoeat.ThepeopleofTregaronaren’thappythatsomanyOrthodoxJewsaremovinginatonce,butthat’snotHoodie’sproblem.Thatis,untilhemeetsandfallsforAnna-MarieDiaz-O’Leary--whohappenstobethedaughteroftheobstinatemayortryingtokeepHoodie’scommunityoutofthetown.AndthingsonlygetmorecomplicatedwhenTregaronisstruckbyaseriesofantisemiticcrimesthatquicklyescalatetodeadlyviolence.Ashiscommunityturnsonhimforsidingwiththeenemy,Hoodiefindshimselfcaughtbetweenhisfirstloveandtheonlyworldhe’severknown.IsaacBlumdeliversawry,wittydebutnovelaboutadeeplyimportantandtimelysubject,inastoryofhatredandbetrayal--andthefriendshipswefindinthemostunexpectedplaces.
