A review by aklibrarychick
The Path of Names by Ari B. Goelman

4.0

Trying to read more juvenile fiction this summer so I can give honest opinions to students about the books. First one I've finished this summer is The Path of Names. This was a real page-turner, featuring a summer camp with an abandoned maze, mean girls, ghosts, a golem, math and numerology, and kaballa. This book hits on the rare topics of modern Jewish culture and old world mysticism.

Well developed and realistic characters, and an interesting story line that leaps back and forth between 1940 and the present.

Best for age ten and up, because there are some references to underage drinking, and to murder.