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Incantation

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By Alice Hoffman

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On Sale
Oct 1, 2007
Page Count
176 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9780316022620

Price

$8.99

Price

$11.99 CAD

Format

  1. Trade Paperback

Format:

  1. ebook $8.99 $11.99 CAD
  2. Trade Paperback $12.99 $16.99 CAD

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Bestselling author Alice Hoffman tears a page from history and melds it with mysticism to create a spellbinding, highly acclaimed tale about the persecution of Jewish people during the sixteenth century.

Estrella is a Marrano: During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, she is one of a community of Spanish Jews living double lives as Catholics. And she is living in a house of secrets, raised by a family who practices underground the ancient and mysterious way of wisdom known as kabbalah. When Estrella discovers her family's true identity—and her family's secrets are made public—she confronts a world she's never imagined, where new love burns and where friendship ends in flame and ash, where trust is all but vanquished and betrayal has tragic and bitter consequences.

Appearing on several "best book" lists and infused with the rich context of history and faith, Incantation is a transcendent journey of discovery and loss, rebirth and remembrance that Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry described as "Magical and spellbinding…. Painful and exquisitely beautiful."

Genre:

  • Teen & Young Adult
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Social Themes
  • Prejudice & Racism

  • An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
    A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
    An Association of Jewish Libraries Honor Book
    An Entertainment Weekly Books We Loved This Year Selection
    A Seattle Times Best Book for Kids and Teens
    A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
    A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
  • "[A] fascinating glimpse of a past civilization."
    Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • "Timeless."
    Kirkus
  • "[Has] great appeal to teens."
    KLIATT (starred review)
  • "Riveting."
    School Library Journal (starred review)

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Alice Hoffman

About the Author

Alice Hoffman has published twenty-one novels, three books of short fiction, and eight books for children and young adults. Her books have been published in more than twenty translations and more than one hundred foreign editions. Her novels, many of which have been New York Tiimes bestsellers, have received mention as notable books of the year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Library Journal, and People magazine. Alice’s advance from Survival Lessons will be donated to the Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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