“The ‘50s are a decade that is still rarely understood. Post-Holocaust and pre-Vietnam, America was finding its way in a difficult and often hostile world. All Shook Up explores this experience through the eyes of a 14 year-old girl whose parents have been deeply scared by the experiences of the previous decades. The novel is engaging, troubling and thought-provoking but it is a must read.”

— Rabbi Adam Mintz, Director of 929 English and Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish History at City College, New York

"This savvy, sassy book is like a 1950's Queens version of Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend, but with Elvis! Two alienated and angry girls defy their messed up parents, and cut school to have adventures that sweep to a dramatic ending. Great on the varieties of Jewish experience. Culturally informative, poignant, and fun!"

— Deirdre English, former editor of Mother Jones and Professor at Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley