

No Vacancy
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Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream, but at least it’s an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel’s housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. She spends her free time helping Kate’s grandmother make her famous grape pies and begins to face her fears by taking swimming lessons in the motel’s pool.
But when it becomes clear that only a miracle is going to save the Jewel from bankruptcy, Jewish Miriam and Catholic Kate decide to create their own. Otherwise, the No Vacancy sign will come down for good, and Miriam will lose the life she’s worked so hard to build.
ISBN: 9781773064109
JLG Release: Dec 2020
Awards & Honors
2021 Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Honor Book
Book Details
ISBN
9781773064109
First Release
December 2020
Genre
Fic
Dewey Classification
F
Trim Size
7 1/2" x 5"
Page Count
144
Accelerated Reader
N/AScholastic Reading Counts
N/ALexile
N/AFormat
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Groundwood
Potentially Sensitive Areas
Discrimination: Religious
Topics
Religious, Jewish faith, Catholicism, Social themes, Friendship, Prejudice and racism, Jewish families, Family life, Motels, New York State, Moving households, Communities,