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In National Book Awards finalist, Jewish trans boy and golem team up to save the world

JL;DR SUMMARY Kyle Lukoff's novel, "A World Worth Saving," is a National Book Awards finalist in the Young People's Literature category. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish MythologyTransgenderGolemConversion TherapyMiddle Grade ReadersNational Book AwardsKyle LukoffLgbtq+ Themes

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Skokie, Illinois, United States
"Lukoff, who was born in Skokie, Illinois, and graduated from Barnard College, came across Spirit Possession in the Jewish Traditions: Case Studies from the Middle Ages to Today by Matt Goldish."

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