Jack Pool is a promising musician, falling in love for the first time, and Jewish. He longs for a Gentile girl, Emaline. He knows his music will take him away from his small town of Massena, New York, and that he and Emaline can never be together.
When Emalines little sister, Daisy goes missing, the town turns against the Pool family and the Jewish population living there. The rumor is that Jews use children's blood to make their special holiday bread. A shocked town starts accusing Jack of using the child's blood,(an actual myth that people believed), as the search for the child continues. When things start to get really ugly, Jack sees his chances growing smaller, for the future he wanted so badly. The Temple is raided, homes are searched and vandalism is perpetrated against the Pool family farm.
The speed with which the town turned upon Jack and his family, shocked me. The fact that it was based on a true incident shocked me even more.
This was a compelling story, written for the YA crowd, but it was interesting for an adult as well. I had wanted to get Vamp Child to do a joint review, but she did not get the chance to read it yet.
I recommend this book for anyone interested in true life, written as a fascinating novel.
I received this book from the author for review. Thank you so much!
A great review and as you say nothing to do with vampires - for some reason I was expecting this to be about the blood line of Christ, a kind of Da Vinci Code read.
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