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Pfeffer, Susan Beth
TURNING THIRTEEN
New York : Scholastic, 1985.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0590407651 
Becky never gets things done on time. This year she's old enough to get Bat Mitzvahed. Her parents had planned before she was born to have a joint affair with her best friend Dina. Dina isn't sure she wants to commit to it since Becky has a way of backing out at the last minute. Amy, a new girl, seems to be spending more and more time with Dina and Becky thinks a joint Bat Mitzvah will cement their slacking off friendship.
SUBJECTS:     Bat mitzvah -- Fiction.
                       Friendship -- Fiction.
                       Jews -- Fiction.

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