Amanda Panitch spent most of her childhood telling stories to her four younger siblings, trying both to make them laugh and scare them too much to sleep. Now she lives in New York City, where she writes dark, funny stories for teens, kids, and the pigeons that nest on her apartment balcony. Her books for kids include The Trouble with Good Ideas and The Two Wrong Halves of Ruby Taylor.
"This exciting story sensitively explores questions of identity and belonging in a Jewish context. A fun, thoughtful page-turner about exorcising the expectations of others to achieve self-acceptance." --Kirkus Reviews "The dybbuk adds new interest to a familiar theme, and readers who privately seethe over their own "second best" status will feel Ruby's pain and approve her reconciliation." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB) "Through Ruby's bluntly funny narration, which includes plentiful references to Jewish history, the novel deftly takes up themes of antisemitism, gender roles, feminism, and religious identity." --Publishers Weekly
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