The Lev Effect

The Lev Effect is a sequel to a critically acclaimed novel, with universal values, Lost and Found. The Bolton, PA Jewish Community converts a disused old people's home into a boarding school and hires a Russian refugee to run it and the retirees to staff it. The old residents love the change, but things get dicey when the director admits a Palestinian boy, schedules Palestine National Day and a dinner fund raiser for a Catholic homeless shelter. The family that endowed the place 50 years ago sues to get their trust fund back. A teen age hacker manages to find alternative funding by manipulating resident's pension accounts. An enemy on the faculty tries to get the director deported. When the director dies some people think that he was the Messiah. The Lev Effect is full of warmth, humor, and the celebration of the extraordinary in the ordinary which should appeal to the faithful of all religions and iconoclasts alike.