Beacon Torah Day School

Beacon Torah Day School is the school Aviva has gone to since kindergarten. She used to love school and all her peers, but after her father's death she starts having trouble concentrating on school. The other girls label her annoying, and her best friend, Kayla, stops hanging out with her because of her own father's illness. Aviva starts to resent having to go to school, and she begins to think of herself as a failure in the classroom. The only thing she likes about school is playing machanayim. The principal and teachers are all very supportive of Aviva, and they decide to redesign the Bas Mitzvah Bash to a mother-daughter event rather than a father-daughter event because of Aviva's loss and Kayla's father's illness.

The Mikvah

The mikvah is a pool used for religious immersing. After Abba's accident, Ema is made caretaker of the woman's...