Adam Unrehearsed

✍ Scribed by Don Futterman

• Book ID: 112091936
• Publisher: Post Hill Press
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 462 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781637589021

✦ Synopsis

In the vein of The Chosen, Catcher in the Rye ,__ and The Kite Runner comes Adam Unrehearsed , a "hilarious, deeply moving, coming-of-age comedy" (Yossi Klein Halevi).
From the moment he's mugged on the subway home from Bat Day at Yankee Stadium, things go wrong for twelve-year-old Adam Miller. He is in the Special Program for brainy kids, but his new junior high is on triple shift. When he gets on the wrong side of several gangs and needs them most, his friends disappear. As if that's not enough, Adam discovers that his older brother has become a Zionist militant, his synagogue is repeatedly vandalized, and despite Adam's "skinny voice," his crazy new Cantor has grandiose plans for his Bar Mitzvah. Meanwhile, Adam dreams of his summer camp girlfriend in far off New Rochelle, but he's too shy to pick up the phone. He even fails at shoplifting.

Bewildered and alone, Adam finds his only solace onstage, where he discovers the power of theater...