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Hoffman, Alice

Incantation

166 pp. | Little | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-316-01019-7 $16.99
(2) YA In sixteenth-century Spain, Catholics coexist uneasily with Muslims and Jews despite the Inquisition. Sixteen-year-old Estrella's family is Jewish (she learns this later); like many descendants of the 1492 Jewish expulsion, they've disguised their faith for generations. This compelling recollection, resonant with imagery, is a powerfully told story of familial love and transcendence of the cruelest kind of experience.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006

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