The Do More Club
Author(s) | Dana Kramaroff |
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Age Group | 10-14 |
Publisher | Rocky Pond Books |
ISBN | 978-0593532874 |
Year | 2023 |
Ever since twelve-year-old Josh Kline found an antisemitic note in his family’s mailbox in third grade, he has felt uncomfortable about his Jewish identity. At a new school where he’s pretty sure he’s the only Jewish student, he’s hoping to just keep religion out of everything . . . until the morning someone sprays swastikas all over the building. That’s when everything changes. In one of the school counseling groups set up in response to the attack, Josh finally reveals that he is Jewish, and quickly finds out there’s more to the other kids in his grade too: All of them have their own struggles. Maybe Josh can do something to help—to “repair the world” as his rabbi teaches, by starting a Do More club to spread kindness and raise awareness. But making a difference is never simple, even when you have new friends by your side.