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Rebecca Reznik Reboots the Universe

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Rebecca copes with family turmoil, a home invaded by demons, and what it means to grow up in this "clever, funny, and scary" (Kirkus Reviews) sequel to Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World that's perfect for fans of Aru Shah and Charlie Hernández.
Rebecca Reznik is having a rough time. Her dad lost his job, and her parents are fighting all the time. Her obnoxious brother, Jake, is acting out even more than usual. And post–Bat Mitzvah Becca is expected to be grown up and spiritually mature—whatever that means—but in the wake of these upsets to her routine, she just feels frustrated and helpless. Even worse, she's starting to suspect that the awful vibes surrounding her house might be about more than family drama.

When Becca discovers a (not) Hanukkah goblin that's turned her bedroom upside down, literally, she and her best friends Naomi and Eitan once again find themselves facing down demons from Jewish lore.

Armed with the lessons learned from her last tussle with mythological figures and the loyalty of her friends, Becca will do whatever it takes to defend her fractured family and save Hanukkah.
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      July 15, 2023
      Thirteen-year-old neuroatypical Becca is not haunted by Hanukkah goblins. Last year, bat mitzvah prep got weird when Becca's best friend, Naomi, got a seemingly helpful golem as a surprise gift (as related in Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World, 2022). Becca's relieved the magic has quieted since then, because everything else is dreadful: Her parents are fighting, money's short, and her brother's getting scarily violent (once toward an animal). Meanwhile, the rabbi's teaching that it's time to be "spiritually grown-ups," which includes "the ability to sense subtlety and nuance"--not so simple for Becca! So is it good or bad when her friends (all three teens are white Jews) realize that the awful things happening in her family might be because her house is haunted by Jewish demons? The "not-a-goblin-maybe-a-mazzik" is tiny, but if Becca's friend Eitan hadn't remembered a story from the Talmud, he wouldn't have been able to defeat it with a surprisingly clever rhyming game. A "toilet demon," despite being a demon that literally climbs out of toilets, isn't comical at all; it almost kills Naomi. Avoiding tropes, Becca's autism is not superpowered, but her ways of interpreting the world, which she believes make her unfit to fight demons, actually give her enormous power. Perhaps she doesn't need subtlety or nuance to become a mature Jewish grown-up. Clever, funny, and scary with an autistic hero and excellent use of obscure Jewish demonology. (Fantasy. 9-12)

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