The Orchard A Novel

David Hopen

eBook - 2020

A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS FINALIST. "Powerful and stirring, like a 2020 Jewish version of The Catcher in the Rye." —Good Morning AmericaA Recommended Book from:The New York Times * Good Morning America * Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literature * The New York Post * Alma * The Millions * Book Riot A commanding debut and a poignant coming-of-age story about a devout Jewish high school student whose plunge into the secularized world threatens everything he knows of himself.Ari Eden's life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy... Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention.Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers' dizzying... more