Bricks and stones : A novel
(Book)

I let out a loud breath; a curl blows out of my eyes. "Mrs. Fuerst is waiting for her worksheets," I say loudly. Ratzy looks up from a phone call and raises a finger at me. I roll my eyes inwardly and look around for Mrs. Geller. She's off to the side, collating booklets. "Do you have Mrs. Fuerst's worksheets?" I ask, slightly impatient. She points to a stack near her, and I glide over to gather them up. I'm almost out the door when I hear Mrs. Geller say, "Well, it took six months, but she's one of them now." Ratzy gives a little laugh. "And she was so sweet, too." They don't even try to lower their voices. I blink, hard, and then continue on my way, shifting the stack of worksheets to my other arm. But I forget to glide. Rachel Ahuva (Rara) Brick hates change. While she knows there will be drastic adjustments when her family moves to a new city, nothing could prepare her for the high price she will have to pay in order to fit in--or what she'll have to sacrifice to that end--like her best friends, her relationship with her sisters, and her very self. Originally serialized in Mishpacha's Teen Pagesas, "Bricks and Ladders," this is a book that speaks to the teenager within each one of us. At some points poignant and thought-provoking, at other times uproariously funny, but always incredibly true-to-life, Bricks and Stones is a novel that reaches the reader's heart, teen and adult alike.

Text in English.