{"product_id":"the-blood-lie-9781941026090","title":"The Blood Lie","description":"\u003cp\u003eSydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries\u003cbr\u003e Best Fiction for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e Once Upon a World Children's Book Award, The Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives\u003cbr\u003e Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine\u003cbr\u003e Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction, Directors Mention, The Langum Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYears before WWII begins, latent hostility against the Jews erupts in a blood lie when Daisy, a young Gentile girl from Massena, New York, disappears in the woods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's September 22, 1928, Jack Pool's sixteenth birthday. Jack's been restless lately, especially during this season of more-times-at-the-synagogue than you can shake a stick at. If it wasn't Rosh Hashanah, then it was Yom Kippur, and if it wasn't Yom Kippur, it was the Sabbath. At least going to temple is good for some things. It gives him lots of time to daydream about a beautiful but inaccessible Gentile girl named Emaline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Emaline isn't on his mind, he's thinking about his music and imagining himself playing the cello with the New York Philharmonic. Yup, music is definitely his ticket out of Massena, New York. It's nothing but a remote whistle-stop town, and he doesn't want to be stuck there one more minute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Jack doesn't realize exactly how stuck he is until Emaline's little sister Daisy goes missing, and he and his family are accused of killing her for a blood sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blood Lie\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired by a real blood libel that took place when a small girl disappeared from Massena, New York, in 1928, and an innocent Jewish boy was called a murderer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinco Puntos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941026090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e147167 \/ Blood Lie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shirley Vernick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228242870453,"sku":"9781941026090","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_49f0ee6d-ac3f-4afd-8075-4ed568e7d7ab.jpg?v=1698722765","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blood-lie-9781941026090","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}