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The Border Crosser (The Split Trilogy, 2) Paperback – September 20, 2022

by Cindy Rizzo (Author)
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The story of three teens, members of the first generation to come of age after the United States splits into two countries, continues.

When tragedy strikes Judith Braverman in the God Fearing States, Dani Fine is determined to leave the safety of home in the United Progressive Regions and once again sneak across the border to join Judith and the new Minyan of Resistance. She’s also eager to find out if the attraction she and Judith shared during their first meeting is still between them.

Impatient for some visible act of defiance, Jeffrey Schwartz is worried that the Minyan is more focused on prayer than on actual resistance. But when the GFS president, running in a close re-election campaign against a self-proclaimed “Christian white supremacist,” vows to step up the government’s actions against the country’s Jews, the Minyan makes its move.

Nothing that’s come before can prepare Judith, Dani and Jeffrey for the challenges they now face as their futures appear more and more uncertain.

The Border Crosser is the second book in the highly praised Split Series.

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  1. Print length
    226 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bella Books
  4. Publication date
    September 20, 2022
  5. Grade level
    9 and up
  6. Reading age
    13 - 17 years
  7. Dimensions
    5.38 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    164247410X
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1642474107
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Cindy Rizzo is the author of three novels, Getting Back, Love Is Enough, and Exception to the Rule, which won the 2014 Goldie for Best Debut Author. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Unwrap These Presents, Conference Call, Language of Love, and Our Happy Hours, LGBT Voices from the Gay Bars. Cindy has a long career in social justice philanthropy and has served on the boards of many LGBTQ organizations, including currently, Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE). She is a member of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBTQ synagogue. She lives in NYC with her wife and their three cats. They have two adult sons and three wonderful granddaughters.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bella Books (September 20, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 164247410X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1642474107
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 17 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 9 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.38 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
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Cindy Rizzo’s first novel, Exception to the Rule, won the 2014 award for Best Debut Fiction from Golden Crown Literary Society. Her short story, The Miracle of the Lights, will be published in the upcoming anthology Unwrap These Presents (Ylva Publishing). Earlier writing includes essays in the anthologies, Lesbians Raising Sons and Homefronts: Controversies in Non-Traditional Parenting. Cindy was also the co-editor of a fiction anthology, All the Ways Home, published in 1995 (New Victoria) in which her story Herring Cove was included.

Cindy has worked in philanthropy for many years and has a long history of involvement in the LGBT community. She serves on the boards of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York and Funders for LGBTQ Issues. She lives in New York City with her wife, Jennifer, and their two cats. They have two grown sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law, and a baby granddaughter.

You can contact Cindy by email at cindyt.rizzo@gmail.com, via Facebook www.facebook.com/ctrizzo, through her blog, www.cindyrizzo.wordpress.com, or on Twitter @cindyrizzo.

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Audrey Beth Stein, award-winning writer, author of the novel BECOMING EMILY NOVAK, the memoir MAP, and the picture books DO OVER, LOOK AT ME, BEAR AND DRAGON CAT, and THE DAY MY BEST FRIEND AND A MIGRAINE SLEPT OVER
4.0 out of 5 stars A novel for anyone afraid of what’s happening to this country.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2023
Do you ever lie awake wondering what would happen if the United States really did split in two?

Cindy Rizzo’s The Border Crosser takes you there, in a dystopian YA novel that feels a bit too close for comfort to today’s world.

But the main reason I encourage you to read this book is not to experience that world, nor is it for the excellent queer and Jewish representation, nor for the way it weaves in history to make you shudder, nor for the romantic sub-plot.

It’s to experience—and be inspired by—a bunch of teens who are up against a world that is even tougher than our own, who are brave and fierce and proud and not backing down. I used to lie awake in worry, but after reading this novel, I feel renewed hope.
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Daisy Teragram
4.0 out of 5 stars Timely dystopian YA novel
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2022
Really good story in an interesting but somewhat depressing world, with strong characters. Writing is good but there's an abundance of missing and some extra commas.

I really like this book, but it's hard to judge, as it is the middle book in a trilogy and therefore there's no ending yet. The ending was satisfactory in a way, but there's so much story left to be told that we're kind of left hanging, but at least it's not a real cliffhanger. The plot and premise are good and timely, but there were a few times where I wasn't sure the logistics made sense. I really want to see where the last book will go. It's a complicated story with lots of main characters and I had a bit of trouble keeping them all straight and I kept forgetting whose head I was in since there are three narrators. The author indicated who was narrating when, but I still had some difficulty. The writing is good and brings the characters and world to life but the comma usage errors were very distracting for me. And there were a handful of other small errors. There's a significant sapphic element to the book, but it's not really central to the plot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Believable Dystopian YA Novel
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2022
The US has been divided into two countries - the God Fearing States and the United Progressive Regions. Three Jewish teens want to fight against the rampaging anti-Semitism that looks very much like that of Nazi Germany. Once it becomes obvious that the leaders of the God Fearing States are creating a ghetto like the one in Warsaw, Poland under the Nazis, the teens have to do something.

The book is told by three narrators, Judith, Dani, and Jeffrey. Rizzo does a creditable job of telling her story through the eyes of the three teens, but as always with multiple narrators, the reader may never feel like she gets to know any of the characters well and the story fails in adequately developing the relationships between the narrators.

Rizzo uses many Hebrew words and explains their meaning at the end of the book. However, by putting the definitions at the end of the book, she forces the reader (particularly those using Kindles) to stop reading and find the End Notes thus, taking the reader out of the story completely. After a while, the reader may not bother with seeking out definitions of the unfamiliar words rather than leave the story. Also, readers may think that the words used are only used by Orthodox Jews when, in fact, they are used (and practiced by) not only the Orthodox Jewish communities but by the Reform and Conservative communities as well.

If you enjoy dystopian stories, this book is for you. If you don’t think you’d like to read YA fiction, try this one, it may surprise with how well written the story is.

My thanks to Bella Books and NetGalley for an eARC.
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