The Judgment of Yoyo Gold

A smart and powerful story set in the Orthodox Jewish community about what it means to fit in, break out, and find your own way, by the award-winning author of The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen. This book is Gossip Girl + My Name Is Asher Lev + I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Yoyo Gold has always played the role of the perfect Jewish daughter. She keeps kosher, looks after her siblings, and volunteers at the local food bank. She respects the decisions of her rabbi father and encourages her friends to observe the rules of their Orthodox faith. But when she sees her best friend cast out of the community over a seemingly innocent transgression, Yoyos eyes are opened to the truth of her neighbors hypocrisies for the first time. And what she sees leaves her shocked and unmoored. As Yoyos frustration builds, so does the pressure to speak out, even if she can only do so anonymously on TikTok, an app thats always been forbidden to her. But when one of her videos goes viraland her decisions wind up impacting not only her own life but also her relationship with the boy shes falling forYoyos world is thrown into chaos. She is forced to choose which path to take, for her community, for her family, and most importantly, for herself. Award-winning author Isaac Blum returns with a new novel that asks what it really means to be part of a communityand what it means to break free.