It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Katherine Locke

"A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. A group of Jewish friends take the trip of a lifetime. A girl meets her new boyfriend's family over Shabbat dinner. Two best friends put their friendship to the test over the course of a Friday night. A Jewish girl feels pressure to date the only Jewish boy in her grade. Hilarious pranks and disaster ensue at a crush's Hanukkah party.

From stories of confronting their relationships with Judaism to rom-coms with a side of bagels and lox, It's a Whole Spiel features one story after another that says yes, we are Jewish, but we are also queer, and disabled, and creative, and political, and adventurous, and anything we want to be. You will fall in love with this insightful, funny, and romantic Jewish anthology from a collection of diverse Jewish authors." (Goodreads.com)

Short story books always charm me, it is so cool how every author is given the same prompt and come up with such different stories. This book covered a range of topics and a few of them left me wanting longer stories and not just a chapter. I would recommend this book to people who love short stories and diverse young adult fiction.

Kelsey Fitzgerald

Library Assistant

Available at the Langley-Adams Library