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Bee Season: A Novel

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By Myla Goldberg
Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group - (Anchor)
Bee Season: A Novel
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Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nineyearold, expects never to fit into her gifted family her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his fathers spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyermom, Miriam. But when Eliza sweeps her school and district spelling bees in quick succession, Saul takes it as a sign that she is destined for greatness. In this altered reality, Saul inducts her into his hallowed study and lavishes upon her the attention previously reserved for Aaron, who in his displacement embarks upon a lone quest for spiritual fulfillment. When Miriams secret life triggers a familial explosion, it is Eliza who must order the chaos. Myla Goldbergs keen eye for detail brings Elizas journey to threedimensional life. As she rises from classroom obscurity to the blinding lights and outsized expectations of the National Bee, Elizas small pains and large joys are finely wrought and deeply felt. Not merely a comingofage story, Goldbergs first novel delicately examines the unraveling fabric of one family. The outcome of this tale is as startling and unconventional as her prose, which wields its metaphors sharply and rings with maturity. The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented new writer.

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99298 words99,298 words
288 pages288 pages
Lexile 1050LLexile 1050L
Grade 6 to 9Grade 6 to 9
Age 11-14Age 11-14
Published 2000Published 2000

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