Bee Season by Myla Goldberg

Eliza Naumann's father is a gifted cantor, her mother is a brilliant lawyer and her brother was so impressive at his Bar Mitzvah that he is surely destined to be a rabbi of note. Eliza often feels left out of their golden circle until at the age of eleven she finds herself at the national spelling bee. But this is not a story of the humble daughter shining at her moment of triumph. This is a family unraveling when the order is disturbed. Her success is the catalyst for secrets to be revealed and the door to mysticism opened. The sunny beach-read beginning of the book does nothing to prepare you for the slow descent into family tragedy.