The Einstein Solution

by Jean Adair Shriver

It’s 1942 and Rosemary Hoyt is desperate to join a club of popular eighth grade girls at Miss Worth’s School in Princeton. They give her an assignment; “Make friends with Kat Goodman and we’ll let you in.” Fine. Except that Kat is a prickly new girl who acts like she doesn’t want friends. Because she is the first Jewish student in the schoo, the majority of eighth graders have shunned her. They whisper about Jews...things their parents told them. The only Jew Rosemary has ever known is her elderly neighbor, Albert Einstein, but she decides to try and befriend Kat to get into the club. The problem is, she keeps making mistakes. As the war rages on, Rosemary starts making progress in getting to know Kat. She learns terrible things are happening in Europe. Kata plans to tell the school what Hitler is doing the Jews and wants Rosemary to help. Rosemary hears her mother’s voice in her head telling her to “go along with the crowd.” Her grandfather tell her to “listen to her heart.” It takes a tragedy to help her decide.

128 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 20, 2009

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

really good book! it should get more publicity

[Annieslp · Rating 4 out of 5]

it wasn't what i usually read so i was glad it was such a great book. i learned a lot and the writing was good.