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When Bee Season by Myla Goldberg begins, Eliza Naumann is in the fifth grade. Eliza lives with her older brother, Aaron, and her parents Miriam and Saul. Miriam works as a lawyer and Saul is the cantor at Temple Beth Amicha Synagogue. When Eliza wins the school spelling bee, a new world opens before her very eyes. Not everything Eliza Naumann learns is pleasant or easy, however, and her participation in the national bee sets in motion a course of events which will change the Naumann family forever.

Eliza Naumann is a mediocre student who wins her class spelling bee and Eliza is just as surprised as anyone. Eliza is in Ms. Bergermeyer's combined fourth-and-fifth grade class at McKinley Elementary. The students in the class are of average intelligence. Eliza's brother, Aaron, is the family's shining star, having been selected for...