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Shirley J.                 Young Adult Fiction                                Bookstores,  Jewish Teens, Two Moms

Recommended For You by Laura Silverman   272 pages       

Shoshanna Greenberg, teen workerbee at "Once Upon," her favorite bookstore, daughter of Mom and Mama, her two Moms, owner of Barbara Streisand, her hoopdie mobile that is always on its last leg and who she often prays to HaShem (Jewish word meaning "the Name" used to refer to God) to get her where she needs to go.   With Mom and Mama verbally sparing all the time now (Shoshanna is getting skiddish of the big D looming) the store has become her oasis.     Around the holidays, to kick up business as the store has been hit hard over the past few years from lack of sales, Shoshanna's boss announces a competition.   A cash prize for the employee selling the most books.    Shoshanna sees a way to get her car fixed, little does she know there is some steep competition for the prize money.   Good story, fun dialogue and fun characters.   I recommend this to middle schoolers on up.