From author Amy Fellner Dominy
OyMG: Jewish girl. Christian camp. Holy moly.
May 2011, Walker & Company
SUMMARY:
It’s the summer Christian Society Speech & Performing Arts camp and Ellie Taylor can win it all: a scholarship to a private high school, a chance to compete on the best speech team in the country, and Devon—the insanely hot guy who’s also her hottest competition. There’s just one catch. If the scholarship donor finds out she’s Jewish, Ellie could lose it all.
Will hiding her true identity be worth a shot at her dreams?
IN AMY'S WORDS:
What inspired me to write the book?
The original inspiration for OyMG comes from something that happened to me when I was a teenager. I was given a week-long job babysitting for a young boy. On the second day, this boy said that all Jewish people were liars and thieves. I told him that was prejudice and we talked about it. I explained that I was Jewish. That night, I got a call from the family. They told me not to come back. I was shocked. How could someone hate me because I was Jewish? Up until then, I’d always taken pride in my religion and my differences but now it was as if something was wrong with me. It really shook me. I knew I wanted to write a story about a girl who faces something similar—and is tested about her identity.
BOOk INFO:
OyMG
Walker & Company
May 10, 2011
BIO:
Amy Fellner Dominy is a little quirky. She doesn’t like beaches, she thinks chocolate is just okay, and she has an extra bone in both feet. (Ask her—she might show you.) Amy loves writing about teens who are just as quirky in their own ways. A former advertising copywriter, Amy got her MFA in 2004 with an emphasis in playwriting. Amy’s plays have been staged across the country and she’s published in both children’s plays and short stories. OyMG is her first teen novel. Amy lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her hubby, two teens and various pets.
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