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I enjoyed this light read, although it does have some good religion and family issues, Rachel is a young Jewish girl living in New York with her family who isn't exactly super religious, but she thinks they would never approve of her dating a Goy, who is a nonJewish boy.
Of course she falls for one such boy, a cute guy who attends a Catholic school, She also deals with not being one of the popular kids, being encouraged to date her Jewish neighbor whom she finds pretty unappealing, and her best friends, one who is quickly climbing the popularity ladder, and another who attends a different school and is mysteriously very involved with her Jewish youth group ALL the time.
This read would appeal to teens of any religion, but it does offer some insight into Jewish religion, which I enjoyed.
It's pretty well written and I liked the flow of the story, books fromwere just, like, a different breed of literature It was really cool i really really thought she was going to end up with the luke boy but like i say

what ever floats her boat !!!! Sarah Davis

Goy Crazy


Goy Crazy is a drastic story of love between a young Jewish girl and a young nonJewish boy.
She must choose between the love of her family and the love of Luke the Goy a nonJewish boy, This book is about a girl names Rachel Lowenstein, This book begins with Rachels little brothers Bar Mitzvah, Rachel is very stubborn and ends up meeting Luke Christiansen, a tall handsome basketball player, The only problem was his last name Hes a Goy a nonJewish boy, In the end Rachel has to hide her boyfriend, from her family, She finally has to choose between her family and her gorgeous boyfriend, In the end Rachels grandmother becomes not very well, and has some major issues, Rachel Lowenstein is very popular and has a really great best friend, Rachel is not very close with her family but bonds with her mom by the end of the book, Rachels life is set during the school year during this book, Rachel lives in New York City, This book has multiple conflicts but there always solved, I thought this book was phenomenal, I thought the author Melissa Schorr wrote this book very well with every single word, I loved this book so much and it was a very nice and easy read for me, It was so much fun to get to read this book and get to make a project on, I really enjoyed this book, but I wasnt pleased with the ending, It was not a cliffhanger, It was not a poor ending, I just dont think it ended correctly, Im not sure what I think it should be change to but I would definitely change it,
A comical look into Jewish dating costums, BBYO is SO NOT for loosers! alt cover for ASIN: BQRRI

Rachel Lowenstein cant help it.
Shes got a massive crush on a goy: Luke Christensen, the gorgeous star of the basketball team at St, Josephs prep.

But as the name implies, hes not exactly in Rachels tribe, Rachel just knows her parents would never approve,

Then Rachels Jewish grandmother issues a stern edict“Dont go with the goyim!” sealing Rachels fate and presenting her with a serious dilemma.


Everyones got an opinionfrom her annoying neighbor Howard to her newly socialclimbing best friend, Should Rachel follow her heart and turn her back on her faith Or should she heed her familys advice and try and find a nice Jewish boy

With an unforgettable cast of characters and razorsharp wit, Melissa Schorrs debut novel is an engaging comedy about a girls decision to go goy crazy.
this jewish gurl meets catholic boy at a her brutheras barmitzvah, the catholic boys name is luke, luke is a bus boy, They meet again at a party everything flies frum there,.
Cute read, really quick and easy, Was recommended to me by a teenage friend, Cute book, moves fast. Interesting characters. This was a really cute and fun read, One of the things that made this book that much more enjoyable is that, while reading I didn't see everything coming.
Racehl was a really interesting main character, I loved how she didn't seem whiny, A good read that I would recommend to some friends, What I learned from this book, don't date in high school, I enjoyed this book because I'm really curious about what Jewish culture is like, I wish it got more exposure, However, this was definitely one of those times when I really did not want the protagonist to end up with the "boy next door" she never really noticed before.
I did not feel much liking for the Howard character at all, Good voice, single POV, which I enjoy, Cute story. 'Goy Crazy' by Melissa Schorr is a fun and worthwhile read about main character Rachel Lowenstein and her desperate desire to date Luke Christensen, a goy meaning nonJew who her family especially her grandmother would not approve of.
This presents a big problem for Rachel, as she doesn't know whether to be swayed by the guilt she feels from her family or do her own thing and figure life out for herself rather than taking anyone else's suggestions.
Along the way, her best friend isn't always there for her, and her neighbor, Howard, is a nuisance and not so supportive himself.
It is interesting to watch Rachel's relationship with Howard evolve as the novel progresses, The book makes you ask yourself what you would do in a similar situation, Would you go against what you've grown up thinking is right, or would you do what feels right in the given moment

I really liked the culturally Jewish aspect of the novel.
Being Jewish myself, I really identified with it, but you don't have to be Jewish to fully appreciate it, Schorr has written these parts in such a way that even if you're a goy like Rachel's crush, Luke, you'll still be able to identify with all that happens throughout the story.


Schorr's writing style is easytofollow and engaging which made for a quick read, She captures the epitome of what every girl who doesn't know what to do is confronted with at least once in her lifetime the ageold dilemma of whether you should listen to your parents/family or yourself.
Plus, if you've got a Jewish mother or grandmother like Rachel does, you're sure to be stuck with some definite guilt as you try to figure it all out.


'Goy Crazy' kept me on my toes and ready and willing to read more, An added bonus was the play on words for the title, Rachel is definitely boy crazy, but it adds a whole other element of distraction in Rachel's life when she goes 'goy crazy'!

Beth Rodgers, Author of YA Novel 'Freshman Fourteen' Wow! This book was so much better than I thought it would be.
I tried to read it a few months ago and put it down after the first three pages as bigoted drivel.
It's not. Just a girl growing up in a Jewish world which I completely didn't understand since I grew up the token Jew.
I really enjoyed it but wasn't thrilled about the ending, I also didn't like the portrayal of the goyim, although, they weren't the only nasty characters,

The title was the first thing that drew me in, "Goy Crazy. " How cool of a title is that It's a cute play on words and definitely captures the whole feel of the book itself.
Now, I got this at a Half Price Book Store for only,! and I didn't realize till later that it was the 'uncorrected advanced proof, ' Why someone would pop out books that aren'tperfect complete and edited miffs me, but I digress,

The story line in itself was well plotted, You had the whole awkward neighbor tension from the start and how she ended up meeting the golden haired cutie set up a fun feel.
I figured from the start that she'd end up with Howard that's typically how these pan out so on that note I wasn't overly pulling for Luke.
Honestly, he seemed a little flat, It was like she didn't even know him really well enough for them to even date Tara pulled more info out of him in four minutes than Rachel did in four months.


I did like the fact that she pulled all those stunts with Howard to go out on her dates.
That was pretty funny and I can relate to the manipulative edge she has on her parents as well as having that one prude friend like Leah.
The characters were fairly realistic and I found them to be enjoyable to read, Jen's situation was tragic and not uncommon in the type of world we live in today, It was interesting to read those types of exploits and how they can really turn your life around, A good device.

The only only thing I didn't really like was the ending, It was just so fast paced, For the 'uncorrected advance proof' at least the book pretty much wrapped up in ten whole pages, That was literally it. The ending words really didn't leave a huge impact either, But I still walked away with a warm feeling in my stomach and I just may read this again : No one can poke fun at an ethnic minority like one of themselves.
At the same time Melissa Schorr displays a delightfully delicate hand while wiping the spit off her chin at drawing out the YA experience of discovering a first real life relationship with a Goy, I mean Boy.

Rachel is a wonderful, real and balanced character, and all of the characters have the right depth and complexity to them.
The pace is very good, and while the author is accomplishing all the above, she's also throwing in a few wonderful new words for English speakers.
I think 'mombarrassment' might be my favourite,
The plot is great, and while I have to confess I saw which way the wind was blowing fairly early on, this did nothing to hamper my thorough, laughoutloud enjoyment of this excellent novel.
The author maintains very good tension all the way through, and balances tragedy with tongueincheek irreverence and laughter, while never treating the underlying serious issues too lightly.

Great book. Get it now! Rating B

I adored this very cute and fun read.
I appreciated that I didn't see absolutely everything coming from a mile away, that the parents were dynamic characters maybe I only love that because I'm an adult, and that the love triange was fun to read.
I loved Rachel's voiceshe was quite spoton in her YA voice, but also notselfabsorbed or whiny, She was funny. What you'd hope your diary would have sounded like when you lamented having huge hair,

My minor drawback, and this could be because I'm a gentile, is that it was hard to figure out the significance of the Jewish religion v.
ethnicity. It was seemingly very important to Rachel and her family, but then you find out that it's maybe not such a big idea, but it could be, etc.
There was some back and forth with that that got to be a little wishywashy to me, and struck me as trying to make something important sound socially acceptable if marrying someone with like spiritual beliefs and/or sense of cultural identity is important to you, go ahead and say it.
I don't think that means that you're necessarily saying anyone who is not one of God's Chosen Race is bad, it's just that you personally wouldn't marry them.
However, maybe Schorr was trying to make the point that it's a confusing issue for Jewish girls as they come of age, but that wasn't entirely clear.
Especially based on the resolution of who Rachel ends up with that I won't spoil for you,

Recommendation Fans of Lisa Loeb's shortlived Reality TV show, "Single, " I think there are similar YA writers, but because the faith/ethnicity/religion is so important to the plot of this book, I'll leave these recommendations brief.
Rachel Lowenstein has all the problems of a typicalyearold girl, the main one being she doesn't have a boyfriend.
She doesn't like any of the Jewish boys she knows, and figures the others are out of her league, But there is a boy she falls for, the boy who was a waiter at her brother's bar mitzvah party.
Rachel knows her parents won't like her going out with a non Jewish boy, so she always arranges to have her neighbor pick her up and double date.
Predictably, she finds out that he's pretty hot and they have a lot in common, So goo the firstchapters were boring then thewere so interesting, well for me!! Goy Crazy is another book i picked up because of the title.
I didn't regret reading it, the character doesn't seem to make up her mind and is lost in some parts of her life.
It was nice to read about a Jewish teenager's life, ed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo, com

All a girl wants to do is find the love of her life, or in this case a high school sweetheart.
Fortunately for Rachel Lowenstein, she has just found the guy at her brother's bar mitzvah, He's handsome, a basketball player, and his name is Luke Christiansen, Which is the only problem she has with Lukehis last name, All Rachel hears from her grandmother and family is how she should find a respectable Jewish boy to date and marry.
But crushing on Luke may not be the best choice for Rachel since he is far from being Jewish he celebrates Christmas! So Rachel decides that she is tired of all the problems that she faces, from bad hair to having hardly any friends, and makes up her own teen commandments, which she occasionally changes, and which she hopes to break.


So Rachel begins to change the way she does things, She starts acting dumb in math class, lies to her family, and tries her best to keep Luke a secret.
Besides that, Rachel also has to deal with her only best friend, Jen, who is trying to get into the popular crowd Leah, her only other real friend who keeps on warning Rachel about her wrongdoings and Howard, Rachel's neighbor turned enemy.


Yet Rachel starts to secondguess her decisions and wonders if they are really worth all the lies and deception when the ultimate tragedy happens to her.
Is Luke really the guy for her is acting dumb in math class worth the "popular" points Rachel ends up discovering her true self and sees that change just isn't for her.


GOY CRAZY is sweet, tragic, and laughoutloud hilarious, With her first teen novel, Ms, Schorr successfully makes her main character understandable, relatable, and, above all, realistic, By the end of the novel, readers will be glad about Rachel's final decisions, yet sad that the novel is over.
GOY CRAZY was a fantastic read that left me wanting more, I just hope there will be a followup to this novel, .